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The Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg ( German: Herzogtum Sachsen-Wittenberg) was a medieval duchy of the Holy Roman Empire centered at Wittenberg, which emerged after the dissolution of the stem duchy of Saxony. The Ascanian dukes prevailed in obtaining the Saxon electoral dignity until their duchy was finally elevated to the Electorate of Saxony by ...
- Wittenberg
- Roman Catholic
- Feudal Duchy
- Duchy of the Holy Roman Empire
Jan 10, 2024 · October 11, 1322 (57-66) Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Tyskland (Germany) Immediate Family: Daughter of Rudolf I, King of the Germans, Count of Habsburg and Gertrud von Hohenberg. Wife of Herzog Albrecht II von Sachsen-Wittenberg, Herzog und Kurfürst zu Sachsen, Herzog zu Sachsen-Wittenberg. Mother of Anna von Sachsen, Markgräfin zu Meißen ...
- Habsburg, AG
- AG
Apr 26, 2022 · Agnes of Austria (February 19, 1205-August 29, 1226). Married Albert I, Duke of Saxony. Leopold of Austria (1207-1216). Henry of Austria (1208-November 28, 1228), Duke of Mödling. Married Agnes of Thuringia; their only daughter, Gertrudis, was the general heiress of the House of Babenberg after the death of her uncle.
- Wien, Österreich
- Albrecht I, Duke of Saxony-Wittenberg
- Österreich
- "Agnes of Austria", "Agnes von Österreich"
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Albert II, Duke of Saxony. Albert II of Saxony ( Wittenberg upon Elbe, ca. 1250 – 25 August 1298, near Aken) was a son of Duke Albert I of Saxony and his third wife Helen of Brunswick and Lunenburg, a daughter of Otto the Child. He supported Rudolph I of Germany at his election as Roman king and became his son-in-law.
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg. Father. Albert II, Duke of Saxony. Mother. Agnes of Habsburg. Rudolf I ( c. 1284 – 12 March 1356), a member of the House of Ascania, was Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg from 1298 until his death. By the Golden Bull of 1356 he was acknowledged as Elector of Saxony .
- 1298–1356
- Agnes of Habsburg
SAXE-WITTENBERG : 1250-1298. Askanier: Albrecht II X 1273 Agnes of Habsburg 1257-1322 : their grave(s) in the Schlosskirche, Wittenberg. 1284-1356 child of Albrecht II 1250-1298: Rudolf I 1X 1298 Judith of Brandenburg 1280-1328 2X 1328/30 Kunigunde princess of Poland +1331/33 3X 1331/33 Agnes countess of Lindau-Ruppin +1343 : 1285-1342 child of ...
Other articles where Saxe-Wittenberg is discussed: Ascanian Dynasties: …Saxe-Lauenburg in the northwest and Saxe-Wittenberg in central Germany, for the sons of Bernard’s son Albert. Saxe-Wittenberg, which secured the Saxon electoral title in 1356, passed in 1423, on the extinction of the Ascanian branch there, to the margraves of Meissen (of the House of Wettin). Thus the name Saxony,…
