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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.
Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband; Oda Billung, princep: 805 before 830 845 866 husband's death: 17 May 913 Liudolf: Hedwiga: Henry of Franconia : 850/55 869/70 2 February 880 husband's accession: 24 December 903 Otto I: Matilda: Dietrich, Count of Westphalia : 895 909 30 November 912 husband's accession
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.
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 ...
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When the last duke of Saxe-Wittenberg died without heir in 1422, the Emperor Sigismund gave the duchy to Frederick IV of the house of Wettin, Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia, who thereby became Frederick I, Elector of Saxony. The name Saxony was then generally applied to all of the Wettin's domains, including those in Thuringia ...
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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 ...