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- elector, prince of the Holy Roman Empire who had a right to participate in the election of the emperor (the German king).
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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.
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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Elector definition: A qualified voter in an election.
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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The meaning of ELECTOR is a person qualified to vote in an election. How to use elector in a sentence.
ELECTOR meaning: 1. a person who votes: 2. (in the US) a member of an electoral college (= a group of people whose…. Learn more.
a person who votes: In this election many 18-year-olds will become electors for the first time. (in the US) a member of an electoral college (= a group of people whose job is to choose a political leader): The US President is officially elected by electors from each state, rather than by the popular vote.
