Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (c. 1337 – 15 May 1388, in Celle) from the House of Ascania ruled from 1370 to 1388 and was a prince-elector of the Holy...

Rudolf I (c. 1284 – 12 March 1356), a member of the House of Ascania, was Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg from 1298 until his death. By the Golden Bull of 1356...

The Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg (German: Herzogtum Sachsen-Wittenberg) was a medieval duchy of the Holy Roman Empire centered at Wittenberg, which emerged...

of Meissen from the House of Wettin. Albert was probably born in the Saxon Wittenberg residence, the younger son of Duke Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg...

residence, the eldest son of Duke Wenceslaus I of Saxe-Wittenberg and his wife Cecilia, daughter of Francesco I da Carrara, Lord of Padua. Rudolf III took...

King of Bohemia Wenceslaus I of Legnica (c. 1318 – 1364) Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (1337–1383), the first Duke Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg...

Elector of Saxony and Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg from 1356 until his death. He was the eldest son of Duke Rudolf I of Saxe-Wittenberg and his wife, Judith of...

under Emperor Otto I in 965, and since 1242 also over the Landgraviate of Thuringia. Thus, in 1423, Saxe-Wittenberg, the Margraviate of Meissen and Thuringia...

brother Prince-Elector Rudolph I of the Electorate of the Palatinate, and Duke Rudolph I of Saxe-Wittenberg, claiming the Saxon prince-electoral power. However...

Albert II of Saxony (Wittenberg upon Elbe, ca. 1250 – 25 August 1298, near Aken) was a son of Duke Albert I of Saxony and his third wife Helen of Brunswick...

1435) married Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg. His other daughter, Caterina, married the Croatian count Stephen II of Frankopan, lord of Krk: their...

Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, also known as Welf IV. He inherited the property of the Elder House of Welf when his maternal uncle Welf III, Duke of Carinthia...

– 11 October 1322, Wittenberg), married 1273 to Duke Albert II of Saxony and became the mother of Duke Rudolf I of Saxe-Wittenberg Hedwig (c. 1259 – 26...

the death of Duke George William of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1705, King George I inherited the state of Lüneburg, being both the benefactor of Georges William's...

when Duke John I and his brother Duke Albert II definitely split their commonly ruled Duchy of Saxony into Saxe-Lauenburg and Saxe-Wittenberg, either in 1269...

Princess Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg (1405–1465) Cecilia (c. 1405–4 January 1449), married: in Berlin 30 May 1423 Duke William III of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

II of Masovia. After a period in exile during the rule of Wenceslaus II, Władysław regained several duchies and then Kraków in 1306 when Wenceslaus III...

Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1554–1565) (b. Torgau, 16 January 1538 – d. Jena, 31 October 1565) Portrait of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony Krömmelbein...

and 9 August 1328), the daughter of Duke Albert II of Saxe-Wittenberg and Agnes Habsburg, daughter of Rudolph I of Germany. They had the following children:...

and Saxe-Wittenberg, the latter obtaining the title of Electors of Saxony by the Golden Bull of 1356. The Saxon stem duchy covered the greater part of present-day...

list of wars that began between 1000 and 1499 (last war ended in 1504). Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended...

Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg and Elector of Saxony. He was born after 1420 and before 1434. After his father's death in 1439 Wenceslaus inherited...

mausoleum of the Augustinian church in Żagań. By 1405, Jan I married Scholastika (ca. 1393 – 12 May 1461), daughter of Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg and...

waiver of the Lauenburg lands. From about 1260, the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg emerged under the Ascanian duke Albert II, who adopted the tradition of the...

Upper Silesians Wenceslaus I of Cieszyn and Wenceslaus I of Zator Ladislaus, as ruler of Opole and a direct descendant of Ladislaus I of Opole-Racibórz...

eldest son and heir of King Christian IV of Denmark; and, secondly, on 11 October 1652, to Frederick William II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Maurice (b....

of the Ascanian duke Wenceslaus I of Saxe-Wittenberg, in 1386. With her he had two daughters: Catherine (died ca. 1439), married Henry XXIV, Count of...

John voting for Louis. Duke John II of Saxe-Lauenburg in turn sought to prevail against his cousin Duke Rudolph I of Saxe-Wittenberg – which ultimately failed...

of the Duchy of Głogów-Żagań during 1397–1401. He was the eldest son of Wenceslaus I, Duke of Legnica, by his wife Anna, daughter of Casimir I, Duke of...

Palatinate Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, elector of Saxony Wenceslaus IV was duly elected. He succeeded his father as Holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia...