Augustus (31 July 1526 – 11 February 1586) was Elector of Saxony from 1553 to 1586. Augustus was born in Freiberg, the youngest child and third (but second...
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from 1733 until 1763, as well as Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire where he was known as Frederick Augustus II (German: Friedrich August II)...
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branch of the House of Wettin. He was the sixth but second surviving son of Augustus, Elector of Saxony and Anna of Denmark. The death of his older brother...
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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...
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Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697...
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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 II,...
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father was the only son of the Elector Frederick Christian of Saxony who left surviving male issue. When King Frederick Augustus I died (1827) and Anton...
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the House of Wettin who reigned as the last Elector of Saxony from 1763 to 1806 (as Frederick Augustus III) and as the first King of Saxony from 1806...
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March 1548 she became betrothed to Augustus of Saxony, the younger brother and possible heir of Elector Maurice of Saxony. This marriage supported the Danish...
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Paul Luther (category University of Wittenberg alumni)
Elector of Brandenburg; Augustus, Elector of Saxony and his successor Christian I, Elector of Saxony. He taught alchemy to Anne of Denmark. Born at Wittenberg...
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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...
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John George IV (redirect from John George IV, Elector of Saxony)
Elector of Saxony from 1691 to 1694. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin and was the eldest son of John George III, Elector of...
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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...
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appearance took over the affairs of state of Saxony as Elector Frederick Augustus I (r. 1694–1733), better known as Augustus II the Strong. Festivities, baroque...
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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...
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Augustus I may refer to: Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526–1586) Augustus I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1568–1636) Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg...
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"Father of Probation" Philip Augustus (1165–1223), King of France Sigismund II Augustus Tatannuaq, also known as Augustus Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526–1588)...
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Electorate of Saxony or receive any land from his older brother Frederick Augustus III, Anton lived under the shadows. No Elector of Saxony after Johann...
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Frederick Augustus III (German: Friedrich August III.; 25 May 1865 – 18 February 1932) was the last King of Saxony (1904–1918). Born in Dresden, Frederick...
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(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...
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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...
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George II. She was the eldest surviving child of John George I, Elector of Saxony, and Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia. She was born in Dresden. Her two sisters...
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Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony (1670–1733), better known as King Frederick August II of Poland Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony (1696–1763)...
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son of Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and Maria Josepha of Austria. His older brother, the Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, died...
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known as a patron of culture. She was a daughter of John George I, Elector of Saxony and his spouse, Princess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia. She was engaged...
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Saxe-Coburg (redirect from Duke of Saxe-Coburg)
Reichsexekution on the side of Augustus, Elector of Saxony, but it was returned, in the Erfurter Teilung (“Erfurter Division”) of 1572, to the sons of John Frederick...
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Mechanical Galleon (section History of the World)
in southern Germany. It was in the possession of Augustus, Elector of Saxony (who would have been one of the model courtiers shown on the ship). The model...
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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...
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electors of Saxony from John the Steadfast onwards were Lutheran until Augustus II of Saxony converted to Catholicism in order to be elected King of Poland...
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1547 Elector Augustus, Guldengroschen, 1559, Dresden Elector Augustus, thaler issued on the capture of Gotha (1567), Dresden In 1571, Elector Augustus and...
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