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Hace 5 días · His relationship with the rulers in Ernestine and Albertine Saxony and their reaction to his reform movement proved fundamental to Luther’s life and career, just as Luther has become inextricably linked to the history of Saxony and Wittenberg.
Hace 1 día · Christian II, who ruled the Kalmar Union of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway (r. 1513–1523), was sympathetic towards the Reformation but his despotic methods led to revolts. He was replaced by his uncle Frederick I in Denmark and Norway (r. 1523–1533), and by a local aristocrat Gustav I Vasa in Sweden (r. 1523–1560). Alternatives
Hace 4 días · Frederick II the Iron Elector of Brandenburg r. 1440–1470 1413–1471: Albrecht III Achilles Elector of Brandenburg r. 1471–1486 1414–1486: Eitel Frederick I Count of Hohenzollern r. 1426–1439 c. 1384–1439: Frederick XII Count of Hohenzollern r. 1401–1426 before 1401–1443: John II Cicero Elector of Brandenburg r. 1486–1499 1455 ...
Hace 2 días · Saxony, [a] officially the Free State of Saxony, [b] is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area ...
Hace 3 días · Because Saxony was under the umbrella of the Holy Roman Empire at this time, both states wanted to have the privilege and power of being an elector, someone who had a say in selecting the emperor. Both subdivisions claimed that right, and it was the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV , in the Golden Bull of 1356, who awarded that right to Saxe-Wittenberg.
Hace 3 días · “As to the King of Denmark, it is understood that he will not return to Holstein as soon as was expected; and some of the councillors of the Elector of Saxony have asked me whether I mean to go direct to Denmark, which shows that they know that I have letters for the said King; nay, they have told me that one of the King's councillors took leave of the Elector of Saxony on the 15th, and went ...
Hace 5 días · The ambassador spoke to the elector of Saxony, and promised that the Council should be general, Christian, and free. To this the Elector only replied that he would consult his confederates, and inform him of their opinion.
