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, 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Battle of Mühlberg in the Schmalkaldic War, the Albertine duke Maurice of Saxony, an ally of Emperor Charles V, defeated the Ernestine elector John Frederick...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Maurice was born at Goslar, an illegitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and the Countess Maria Aurora of Königsmarck...

married: in 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 (26 October 1529...

of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, and his first wife, Christine of Saxony. She married Maurice, Duke (and later Elector) of Saxony, on 9 January 1541. From...

in most parts of Europe, it remained popular in Poland and Hungary until the first half of the 18th century. Maurice, Elector of Saxony wields a war hammer...

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 to 1706 and from 1709...

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...

IV, Duke of Saxony (1539–1541) Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1547–1553) Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1553–1586) Christian I, Elector of Saxony (1586–1591)...

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

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

orchestra based in Dresden, the capital of Saxony. Founded in 1548 by Maurice, Elector of Saxony, it is one of the world's oldest and most highly regarded...

by forces of Maurice, Elector of Saxony and Georg von Mecklenburg [de]  (POW), trying to reinstate the rule of the archbishopric Siege of Magdeburg (1631)...

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...

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...