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Duchy of Saxony and Electorate of Saxony: Margaret of Austria 3 June 1431 Leipzig eight children: Son of Frederick I. Ruled jointly in Saxony with his brothers, but was the sole holder of the Electorate. Father of Ernest and Albert, founders of the Ernestine and Albertine Saxon lines. Ernest I (Ernst) 24 March 1441: 7 September 1464 – 26 ...
The definite partitioning of Saxony into Saxe-Lauenburg, jointly ruled by Albert III and his brothers and Saxe-Wittenberg, ruled by their uncle Albert II, took place by 20 September 1296, at which time the Vierlande, Sadelbande (Land of Lauenburg), the Land of Ratzeburg, the Land of Darzing (later Amt Neuhaus), and the Land of Hadeln are ...
The war came to an end with an armistice in 1488, although the Habsburgs rankled with the peace. [3] At the beginning of December, Matthias Corvinus met with Albrecht of Saxony in Markersdorf an der Pielach, a little later an armistice was reached in St. Pölten on 6 December, which was extended several times until the death of the Hungarian king.
3 January 1586 11 February 1586 husband's death: 3 November 1616 Sophie of Brandenburg: John George, Elector of Brandenburg (Hohenzollern) 6 June 1568 25 April 1582 11 February 1586 husband's accession: 25 September 1591 husband's death: 7 December 1622 Christian I: Hedwig of Denmark: Frederick II of Denmark : 5 August 1581 12 September 1602 23 ...
The Kingdom of Saxony was the fifth state of the German Empire in area and third in population; in 1905 the average population per square mile was 778.8. Saxony was the most densely peopled state of the empire, and indeed of all Europe; the reason was the very large immigration on account of the development of manufactures.
Ernest and Albert of Saxony, the two sons of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, initially ruled their paternal inheritance for a long time, with Ernest as the eldest being the elector. In 1485, the two brothers divided their countries ( Treaty of Leipzig ).
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The coat of arms as used in 1605, quartered, with quarter 1 and 4 showing the Ascanian barry of ten, in or and sable, covered by a crancelin of rhombs (they are not shown in this undetailed copy) bendwise in vert (the crancelin symbolises the Saxon ducal crown), [1] quarter 2 in azure, showing an eagle crowned in or (Palgraviate of Saxony), and quarter 3 in argent, showing three water-lily ...