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In 1464, he succeeded his father as Elector of Saxony, and annexed Thuringia in 1482, and three years later (Treaty of Leipzig, 1485) shared his territory with his brother Albert, until he arranged the division of the common possession.
Electorate of Saxony (1422–1464) Albertine territories: Ernestine territories: Albertine Duchy of Saxony (1464–1547) Ernestine Electorate of Saxony (1464–1547) Coburg (1542–53) Albertine Electorate of Saxony (1547–1806) Ernestine Duchy of Saxony (1547–1554) Coburg & Eisenach (1554–66) Gotha (1554–65) Weimar (1554–66) Ernestine ...
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The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony ( German: Kurfürstentum Sachsen or Kursachsen ), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. Its territory included the areas around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz. In the Golden Bull of 1356, Emperor Charles IV designated the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg an ...
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Ernest: Son of Frederick II. Ernestines founder in Saxe-Thuringen. 1482: Ernest succeeds his uncle, William III, as landgrave of Thuringia upon the latter's death. The Wettin lands are now united under a single ruler, although that does not long remain the case.
In 1464, he succeeded his father as Elector of Saxony, and annexed Thuringia in 1482, and three years later (Treaty of Leipzig, 1485) shared his territory with his brother Albert, until he arranged the division of the common possession.
His relationship with the rulers in Ernestine and Albertine Saxony and their reaction to his reform movement proved fundamental to Luther’s life and career, just as Luther has become inextricably linked to the history of Saxony and Wittenberg.Scholars have concentrated on Luther’s interactions with the elector of Saxony Frederick III ...
* March 24, 1441 Meißen, + August 26, 1486 near Colditz, Elector of Saxony, Landgrave in Thuringia and Margrave of Meißen, progenitor of the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin Ernest, Elector of Saxony (Q234095)
