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Duke of Saxony / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ordulf (sometimes Otto) ( c. 1022 – 28 March 1072) was the duke of Saxony from 1059, when he succeeded his father Bernard II, until his death. He was a member of the Billung family.
Johann, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen, and Landgrave of Thuringia, was the son and heir apparent of Duke Georg the Bearded (r. 1500–1539) of the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty. Johann is notable mainly for the religiopolitical consequences of his early death and failure to produce a successor
Magnus, Duke of Saxony. Magnus (c. 1045 – 23 August 1106) was the duke of Saxony from 1072 to 1106. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Magnus, Duke of Saxony has received more than 101,809 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019).
Title: Portrait of Duke Johann Friedrich I (1503-1554), Elector of Saxony. Date: ca. 1550. Culture: German. Medium: Oil on vellum. Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 5 3/8 in. (16.8 x 13.7 cm) Classification: Miscellaneous-Paintings & Portraits. Credit Line: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929. Accession Number: 29.158.753
As he was unmarried and had no offspring, he was succeeded as prince-elector of Saxony by his brother John the Steadfast, as former duke and heir presumptive of his older brother. John had been Lutheran even before succeeding Frederick as elector, and continued with his policies of supporting the Reformation , having made the Lutheran church the official state church in Saxony in 1527.
Maurice (born March 21, 1521, Freiberg, Saxony—died July 9, 1553, Sievershausen, Saxony) was the duke (1541–53) and later elector (1547–53) of Saxony, whose clever manipulation of alliances and disputes gained the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty extensive lands and the electoral dignity. Maurice succeeded his father, Duke Henry of ...
Renaissance epitaph for Duke John Frederick II. In Weimar on 26 May 1555 John Frederick II married his first wife, Agnes of Hesse, Dowager Electress of Saxony. Six months later she suffered a miscarriage and died, on 4 November 1555. In Weimar on 12 June 1558 John Frederick II married his second wife, Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern ...
