Ernest (24 March 1441 – 26 August 1486), known as Ernst in German, was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486. Ernst was the founder and progenitor of the...

was the fifth of the seven children of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and Elisabeth of Bavaria. From 1486 onward he was the heir presumptive of his childless...

was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria. He is notable as being one of the most powerful...

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...

mother Margarete of Saxony who was a sister of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony and Champion of Martin Luther. Ernest succeeded as Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

son (but fifth child in order of birth) of Frederick II the Gentle, Elector of Saxony, and Margarete of Austria, sister of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor...

Meissen, 23 December 1451) Ernest, Elector of Saxony (b. Meissen, 24 March 1441 – d. Colditz, 26 August 1486) Albert, Duke of Saxony (b. Grimma, 31 July 1443...

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...

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...

Magnanimous, was the Elector of Saxony (1532–1547) and head of the Schmalkaldic League. John Frederick was the eldest son of John, Elector of Saxony by his first...

(1541–47) and later Elector (1547–53) of Saxony. His clever manipulation of alliances and disputes gained the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty extensive...

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...

Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. She married on 25 November 1460 in Leipzig with the prince who later became the Elector Ernest of Saxony (1441–1486)...

was the Prince-Elector of Saxony for 73 days in 1763. He was a member of the House of Wettin. He was the third but eldest surviving son of Frederick Augustus...

of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Elizabeth Stuart of England, and granddaughter of King James I of England. Sophia had been betrothed to Ernest Augustus's...

in 1485 when the sons of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony divided the territories hitherto ruled jointly. The elder son Ernest, who had succeeded his...

Wettin. Ernest, Elector of Saxony, 1441–1486, had 5 sons; 1. Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, 1463–1525, died without issue 2. Ernst, Archbishop of Magdeburg...

1370 – 4 January 1428), a member of the House of Wettin, ruled as Margrave of Meissen from 1407 and Elector of Saxony (as Frederick I) from 1423 until...

demarcation of the borders between the Kingdom of Bohemia and Saxony. When Elector Frederick II died in Leipzig on 7 September 1464, his eldest son Ernest (r. 1464–1486)...

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...

of Saxony (29 October 1560 in Dresden – 25 September 1591 in Dresden) was Elector of Saxony from 1586 to 1591. He belonged to the Albertine branch of...

1647 – 12 September 1691) was Elector of Saxony from 1680 to 1691. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin. Johann Georg III was born...

surviving son of Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony and his wife Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria. With few chances to take part in the politics of the Electorate...

Administrator of the Diocese of Halberstadt (from 1480 until his death). Ernest was the third child of Ernest, Elector of Saxony of Saxony (1441–1486) and...

part of the Landgraviate of Thuringia and the possessions in the Vogtland, was allotted to Ernest, Elector of Saxony, and thus to the Ernestine side of the...

of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Margarete was a daughter of the Elector Ernest of Saxony (1441–1486) from his marriage to Elizabeth (1443–1484), a daughter of...

these costs by the sale of indulgences to his subjects. Joachim's neighbor, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, forbade the sale of indulgences, because...

Duke of Saxony (1443–1500) Elector Ernest died in 1486, and was succeeded by his son, Frederick the Wise. Leipzig, the economic center of Saxony, as well...

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...

fiefs, of receiving oaths of fealty for and in the name of the holy empire". The Elector of Saxony was vicar in areas operating under Saxon law (Saxony, Westphalia...