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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.
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In January 1356 the Golden Bull confirmed Rudolf I as the legitimate Saxon Prince-Elector, thus the rulers of Saxe-Wittenberg are conceived as Electors of Saxony. The Golden Bull of 1356 confirmed the right to participate in the election of a Holy Roman Emperor to the Duke of Saxony in the Saxe-Wittenberg line.
NameReignNotes838 – 840Comes et marchio850 – 12 March 864 or 866Comes et marchio12 March 864 or 866 – 2 February 880Comes et marchio2 February 880 – 30 November 912first Duke of the Younger stem duchyFrederick III (17 January 1463 – 5 May 1525), also known as Frederick the Wise (German: Friedrich der Weise), was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the protection given to his subject Martin Luther, the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation.
In 1314 the two princes found themselves on opposite sides of a double election and, eventually, the Saxe-Wittenbergers under Rudolf I succeed in gaining the upper hand, adopting the title 'Elector of Saxony'.
Jul 27, 2024 · 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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Aug 12, 2024 · John was an elector of Saxony and a fervent supporter of Martin Luther; he took a leading part in forming alliances among Germany’s Protestant princes against the Habsburg emperors’ attempts at forced reconversion.
John Frederick (born June 30, 1503, Torgau, Saxony—died March 3, 1554, Weimar, Saxe-Weimar) was the last elector of the Ernestine branch of the Saxon House of Wettin and leader of the Protestant Schmalkaldic League.
