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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.
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 ...
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.
After the death of the emperor in March 1619, the Bohemian estates deposed the newly crowned Ferdinand II and elected Frederick V of the Palatinate as their king. John George then agreed with Ferdinand II that Saxony should reconquer the two Bohemian tributary lands of Upper and Lower Lusatia for the emperor. In September 1620 Saxon troops ...
Son of Frederick II. He was the founder and progenitor of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes. Albert III the Bold: 27 January 1443: 1464–1500: 12 September 1500: Albertine Duchy of Saxony: Sidonie of Poděbrady 11 November 1464 Cheb nine children: Son of Frederick II. He was the founder and progenitor of the Albertine line of Saxon princes ...
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 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.
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412–1464), Elector of Saxony between 1428 and 1464; Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797–1854), ...