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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
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.
Queens consort of Saxony (7 P) A. Duchesses of Saxe-Altenburg (8 P) ... Pages in category "Saxon royal consorts" This category contains only the following page.
Consorts have played influential roles throughout the history of the monarchy despite holding no formal constitutional position. What is a royal consort? Skip to main content
Before his death he was in all but name the duke of Saxony. 973: Hermann Billung dies in Quedlinburg and shortly after Otto I dies in Memleben. Otto II becomes emperor and he make Hermann's son Bernhard I the first duke of Saxony of the Billung House. 983: Danish uprising in Hedeby. Slavonian uprising in Northalbingia.
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Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Gerberga of Boulogne: Eustace I, Count of Boulogne – – 1046 husband's accession: 1049 Frederick: Ida of Saxony: Bernard II, Duke of Saxony – 1055 18 May 1065 husband's death: 31 July 1102
It takes its name from its oldest domain, the Ernestine duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and its members later sat on the thrones of Belgium, Bulgaria, Portugal, and the United Kingdom and its dominions. Founded in 1826 by Ernest Anton, the sixth duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, it is a cadet branch of the Saxon House of Wettin.