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   Prince Karl Christian Joseph of Saxony - in English, Charles of Saxony - (13 July 1733 – 16 June 1796) was a German prince of the House of Wettin and Duke of Courland and Semigallia. Born in Dresden, he was the fifth son of Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and Maria Josepha of Austria.

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   King Augustus III of Poland proclaimed his son, Carl Christian Joseph of Saxony, the next duke. Thus, the Duchy of Courland had two dukes simultaneously thereafter. The situation became extremely tense – one part of the Landtag of Courland accepted von Biron, the other, Carl of Saxony.

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   Who was the first Duke of Courland?

   • Gotthard Kettler, the last Master of the Livonian Order, became the first duke of Courland. Other members of the Order became the Couronian nobility, with the fiefdoms they had hitherto held becoming their estates. In all, Kettler received nearly one-third of the land in the new duchy.

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   Who ruled the Duchy of Courland & Semigallia?

   • The part of Latvia between the west bank of the Daugava River and the Baltic Sea became the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia. It was ruled by the dukes from the House of Kettler with the exception of Ernst Johann Biron and his son Peter von Biron .

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   What was the original Duchy of Saxony?

   • The original Duchy of Saxony comprised the lands of the Saxons in the north-western part of present-day Germany, namely, the contemporary German state of Lower Saxony as well as Westphalia and Western Saxony-Anhalt, not corresponding to the modern German state of Saxony .

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   Who was the Duke of Saxony married to?

   • Dresden, 15 March 1504 – d. Dresden, 26 February 1539), Hereditary Duke of Saxony; married on 27 January 1539 to Elisabeth of Mansfeld. This union was childless. Christine (b. Dresden, 25 December 1505 – d. Kassel, 15 April 1549), married on 11 December 1523 to Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse.

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   Disputed: Daniel, Margrave of Meissen. or Prince Alexander. This article lists dukes, electors, and kings ruling over different territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 6th century to the end of the German monarchies in 1918.

   Image	Name	Reign
   Banzleib	838 – 840	Comes et marchio
   Liudolf I	850 – 12 March 864 or 866	Comes et marchio
   Bruno	12 March 864 or 866 – 2 February 880	Comes et marchio
   Otto I the Illustrious	2 February 880 – 30 November 912	first Duke of the Younger stem duchy

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   Countess Franciszka Krasińska (9 March 1742 in Maleszowa – 30 April 1796 in Dresden), was a Polish noblewoman and wife of Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, the son of King Augustus III of Poland.

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   From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Media in category "Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland" The following 23 files are in this category, out of 23 total. Carl Christian Joseph of Saxony.jpeg 640 × 780; 420 KB. Portrait of a Prince of Saxony misidentified with the King Frederick Augustus I.jpg 698 × 894; 205 KB.

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › George,_Duke_of_SaxonyGeorge, Duke of Saxony - Wikipedia

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   George the Bearded ( Meissen, 27 August 1471 – Dresden, 17 April 1539) was Duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539 known for his opposition to the Reformation. While the Ernestine line embraced Lutheranism, the Albertines (headed by George) were reluctant to do so.