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  1. Weimar had previously been outside Saxon control, having been granted to Albert 'the Bear', Ascanian duke of Saxony, when he had relinquished that title in 1142. It is the electorate of Saxe-Meissen which is now and remains the senior Saxon line, even eventually being elevated to the status of kingdom.

  2. May 1, 2024 · Frederick III (born Jan. 17, 1463, Torgau, Saxony—died May 5, 1525, Lochau, near Torgau) was the elector of Saxony who worked for constitutional reform of the Holy Roman Empire and protected Martin Luther after Luther was placed under the imperial ban in 1521.

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  4. Discussions of Luther’s interaction with these Saxon electors were featured in 16th-century publications and art as well as early histories of the Reformation and of Saxony.

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    (The electors are listed according to allegiance in the election of Charles V in 1519) Archbishop of Mainz Albert of Brandenburg (1490 -1545). Archbishop from 1514 and Cardinal from 1518. Albert of Brandenburg was the younger son of the Margrave of Brandenburg and thus destined to enhance the political influence of his brother, Joakim I Nestor fr...

    Martin Luther was not the first, nor the only reformer, who was active in the 15th and 16th century. But he was particularly lucky to be a pawn in the political, economic and cultural endeavours of the Dukes of Saxony and their protégées, who were keen to bolster the independence of the German princes – whether electors or just members of the high ...

    Luther und die Fürsten. Selbstdarstellung un dSelbstverständnis des Herschers im Zeitalter der Reformation. Vol. 1 – 2 Ed. by Dirk Syndram, Yvonne Wirth and Iris Yvonne Wagner Staatlichen Kunstsammlung Dresden, Sandstein Verlag 2015 ISBN 978-3-95498-160-1 Kurfürst Friedrich der Weise von Sachsen (1463-1525): Beiträge zur wissenschaftlichen Tagung v...

    View of the exhibition in Torgau summer 2015 – showing the preserved dress of the Saxon elector from 1580 – 1590 (exhibition no. 154)

  5. Augustus was the elector of Saxony and leader of Protestant Germany who, by reconciling his fellow Lutherans with the Roman Catholic Habsburg Holy Roman emperors, helped bring the initial belligerency of the Reformation in Germany to an end.

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  6. Augustus was born in Freiberg, the youngest child and third (but second surviving) son of Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, and Catherine of Mecklenburg. He consequently belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin. Brought up as a Lutheran, he received a good education and studied at Leipzig University.

  7. In 1485 the split into the Ernestine and Albertine branches, splitting Saxony between them. During the Schmalkaldic War the two branches were headed by John Frederick I and Maurice, respectively Elector of Saxony (Ernestine) and Duke of Saxony (Albertine). The normal distinction between the two sovereignties was made through distinguishing the ...

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