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The brothers quarreled over the division of this new land in Thuringia and on 16 July 1445 the Saxon estates tried to reconcile them in the Division of Altenburg: Frederick II should retain the electoral dignity and the Margraviate of Meissen, while the younger William II should rule the –highly indebted– Landgrave of Thuringia up to the Osterland region in the east.
Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1464–1486), Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1428–1464) and Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1486–1500); Fürstenzug, Dresden, Germany. After Henry's death in 1435, and Sigismund was forced to renounce and became a bishop (in 1440), Frederick and William divided their possessions.
After the death of his father Frederick inherited the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg jointly with his brothers Johann Philipp, Johann Wilhelm and Friedrich Wilhelm II. Their guardians were the Elector Christian II of Saxony and their uncle, Duke Johann II. After John II died in 1605, Christian II was their sole guardian.
Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (28 July 1676 – 23 March 1732), was a duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. He was born in Gotha, the fifth child and first son of Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels. After the death of his father, in 1691, Frederick II assumed the duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
Fredericka of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (17 July 1715 – 2 May 1775), was a German princess, a member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels.. Born in Gotha, she was the fifteenth of nineteen children born from the marriage of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst.
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, father of the two warring brothers. The Saxon Fratricidal War [1] (German: Sächsischer Bruderkrieg) was a war fought between the two brothers Frederick II, Elector of Saxony and Duke William III over Wettin ruled areas from 1446 to 1451.
Upon her father's death in 1639, the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg passed to her uncle Duke Frederick William II and her cousin Frederick William III. The Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was nominally created in 1672, when Duke Frederick William III of Saxe-Altenburg died at the age of 14 and Ernest the Pious, by his marriage with Elisabeth Sophie ...
Duke Frederick of Saxony (1474–1510), Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights; Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (1504–1539), son of George, Duke of Saxony; Frederick August I, Elector of Saxony, or Augustus II the Strong (1670–1733), ruler of Saxony from 1694 to 1733; Frederick August II, Elector of Saxony, or Augustus III of Poland ...