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Maurice (21 March 1521 – 9 July 1553) was Duke (1541–47) and later Elector (1547–53) of Saxony. His clever manipulation of alliances and disputes gained...

was Elector of Saxony from 1553 to 1586. Augustus was born in Freiberg, the youngest child and third (but second surviving) son of Henry IV, Duke of Saxony...

of Saxony (23 December 1544 – 18 December 1577) was the heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony, and Agnes, eldest daughter of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse...

Magnanimous (der Großmütige), was the Elector of Saxony (1532–1547) until he was deprived of this title in the Capitulation of Wittenberg by Charles V, Holy Roman...

John George I (5 March 1585 – 8 October 1656) was Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656. He led Saxony through the Thirty Years' War, which dominated his...

known as Ernst in German, was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486. Ernst was the founder and progenitor of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes. Ernst was born...

was Elector of Saxony from 1525 until 1532 from the House of Wettin. He is notable for organising the Lutheran Church in the Electorate of Saxony from...

Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, who succeeded George as duke, that the Reformation was also introduced in Saxony. Although Maurice, Elector of Saxony was also a...

wounds received in action at Sievershausen, 11 July 1553), later Elector of Saxony. Severinus (b. Freiberg?, 28 August 1522 – d. Innsbruck, 10 October...

along the middle course of the Elbe that Electoral Saxony formed was not, however, fully connected geographically. Elector Maurice and his successor, his...

Marburg on 9 January 1541 to Maurice, Elector of Saxony; in Weimar on 26 May 1555 to John Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. Anna of Hesse (26 October 1529 –...

was Elector of Saxony (1428–1464) and was Landgrave of Thuringia (1440–1445). Frederick was born in Leipzig, the eldest of the seven children of Frederick...

of Saxony (8 January 1529 – 19 May 1595), was Duke of Saxony (1554–1566). John Frederick II was the eldest son of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony...

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...

1414/15 Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521–1553), German Saxon nobleman Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1551–1612), duke of Saxe-Lauenburg Maurice, Landgrave...

Maurice of Saxony (German: Moritz von Sachsen) is the name of: Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521–1553) Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1551–1612) Maurice...

possessions were also known as Ducal Saxony. Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1441–1486) Albert, Duke of Saxony (1443–1500) The older Ernestine branch remained predominant...

Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738–1822), artistic patron Martin Dulig, Minister of State in Saxony Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521–1553), Elector Augustus II...

the Elector of Saxony from 1656 to 1680. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin. He was the third but eldest surviving son of John...

1696 – 5 October 1763) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until 1763, as well as Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire where...