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Hace 1 día · His goal was to push Tilly into Saxony, and thereby compel a decision upon the Elector of Saxony to either side with him, or against him. He had little doubt, acting upon the emperor's orders, Tilly would soon force the Elector's hand.
- 1630-1635
- Throughout the Holy Roman Empire
Hace 6 días · Since the Duke of Saxony was considered one of the prince-electors electing a new Holy Roman Emperor, conflict arose between the lines of Lauenburg and Wittenberg over the issue of who should cast Saxony's vote.
Hace 1 día · It also prevented Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, from seeking to connect his own disparate lands through Silesia. Portrait of Frederick during his early reign by Antoine Pesne (c. 1740, Gripsholm Castle, Sweden)
Hace 4 días · In 1697 Elector Frederick Augustus I (reigned 1694–1733) became king of Poland (as Augustus II), initiating an economically draining bond between Saxony and the declining Polish kingdom that lasted until 1768.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 4 días · (1) One reason for this neglect stems from the stubborn insularity of English historiography; another is that any serious student of international relations needs to master continental European, as well as English, archives.
Hace 5 días · Frederick III was King of Germany for more than five decades in the 15th Century and was also Holy Roman Emperor for nearly that long. His rule set the stage for the preeminence of the House of Habsburg.
Hace 2 días · Frederick William III (born August 3, 1770, Potsdam, Prussia [Germany]—died June 7, 1840, Berlin) was the king of Prussia from 1797, the son of Frederick William II.
