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The old Saxon coats of arms today lives on in the coats of arms of Lower Saxony and Westphalia.. The original Duchy of Saxony comprised the lands of the Saxons in the north-western part of present-day Germany, namely, the contemporary German state of Lower Saxony as well as Westphalia and Western Saxony-Anhalt, not corresponding to the modern German state of Saxony.
Sibylle of Saxony: Henry IV, Duke of Saxony : 2 May 1515 8 February 1540 1 August 1543 husband's accession 1574 husband's reaccession: 1571 husband's retirement 19 March 1581 husband's death: 18 July 1592 Francis I: Sophia of Sweden: Gustav I of Sweden : 29 October 1547 4 July 1568, however, since 1578 permanently separated 1571
Pages in category "Dukes of Saxony" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Albert the Bear;
One year later, Otto's son Henry the Fowler succeeded his father as Duke of Saxony. According to the medieval chronicler Widukind of Corvey , King Conrad designated Henry his heir, thereby denying the succession of his own brother Eberhard of Franconia , and in 919 the Saxon duke was elected King of East Francia by the assembled Saxon and ...
Dukes of Saxony (3 C, 24 P) Kings of Saxony (12 P) ... This list may not reflect recent changes. C. List of Saxon royal consorts; R. List of rulers of Saxony; T.
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This division was the first of numerous partitions; over the next three centuries the lands were divided when dukes had more than one son to provide for and re-combined when dukes died without direct heirs, but all of the lands stayed in the Ernestine branch of the Wettin family. As a result, the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar shrank and grew more than once.
Theoderic, Duke of Saxony; W. Widukind This page was last edited on 21 March 2023, at 21:29 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...