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This is a list of the Duchesses, Electresses and Queens of Saxony; the consorts of the Duke of Saxony and its successor states; including the Electorate of Saxony, the Kingdom of Saxony, the House of Ascania, Albertine, and the Ernestine Saxony.
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.
Widukind, also known as Wittekind and Wittikund, [1] was a leader of the Saxons and the chief opponent of the Frankish king Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars from 777 to 785. . Charlemagne ultimately prevailed, organized Saxony as a Frankish province, massacred thousands of Saxon nobles, and ordered conversions of the pagan Saxons to Christia
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
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The House of Wettin (German: Haus Wettin) was a dynasty which included Saxon kings, prince-electors, dukes, and counts, who once ruled territories in the present-day German federated states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
Ingeborg (c. 1253 – 30 June 1302), was a Duchess consort of Saxony, married to John I, Duke of Saxony. In contemporary German sources, Ingeborg is referred to as filia regis Suecie and filia Regis Sweonum ("daughter of the Swedish King").
John I (1249 – 30 July 1285) ruled as duke of Saxony from 1260 until 1282. John was the elder son of Duke Albert I of Saxony and his third wife Helen, a daughter of Otto the Child. John and his younger brother Albert II jointly ruled the Duchy of Saxony after the death of their father Albert I in 1260.