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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Maurice, Count of Saxony (German: Hermann Moritz von Sachsen, French: Maurice de Saxe; 28 October 1696 – 20 November 1750) was a notable soldier, officer...

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

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...

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

and Royal Polish Orchestra. Created by order of Maurice, Elector of Saxony, it is today a constituent body of the Semper Opera House, along with two choruses...

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...

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

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...

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

Christian I of Saxony (29 October 1560 – 25 September 1591) was Elector of Saxony from 1586 to 1591. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin...

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...

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...

parts of Europe, it remained popular in Poland and Hungary until the first half of the 18th century. [citation needed] Maurice, Elector of Saxony wields...

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...

display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. January 15 – Henry II of France and Maurice, Elector of Saxony, sign the Treaty of Chambord. February 12...

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...

was King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin. He was the eldest son of Maximilian, Prince of Saxony – younger son of the Elector Frederick...