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Hace 4 horas · Frederick's love of French culture was not without limits either. He disapproved of the luxury and extravagance of the French royal court. He also ridiculed German princes, especially the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, Augustus III, who imitated French sumptuousness.
Hace 1 día · Hello and welcome to the History of the Germans: Episode 150 – The Last Chivalric Battles – Morgarten and Mühldorf, also episode 13 of Season 8: From the Interregnum to the Golden Bull. The 14 th century is a time of epic change in practically all areas of social, political and economic life. It is a time when the certainties of the Middle ...
Hace 3 días · Frederick, who had considered ceding East Prussia to Russia if Peter III helped him secure Saxony, finally insisted on excluding Russia (in fact, no longer a belligerent) from the negotiations. At the same time, he refused to evacuate Saxony until its elector had renounced any claim to reparation.
Hace 3 días · After King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony abdicated on 13 November 1918, Saxony, remaining a constituent state of Germany (Weimar Republic), became the Free State of Saxony under a new constitution enacted on 1 November 1920.
Hace 5 días · May 26, 2024. Towering 240 meters above the Elbe River, the Konigstein Fortress has guarded the strategic trade routes through Saxony for over 800 years. This awe-inspiring bastion sprawls across a 9.5-hectare plateau, making it one of the largest hilltop fortifications in Europe.
Hace 3 días · Luther publicly burnt the papal bull and refused to recant his views in response to the Pope. He had been excommunicated and was about to be put to death when Luther’s prince, Elector Frederick III the Wise of Saxony, intervened and prevented his being brought before the Diet under the emperor’s protection.
Did the death of Frederick III after 99 days as emperor change the whole course of European history? If he'd lived long enough to reform the German empire into the British style parliamentary democracy he apparently wanted, could the horrors of the 1st and 2nd world wars and consequently the Russian revolution have been avoided?
