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Woodcut of Maurice, Elector of Saxony. Whole length with short hair, beard, armour, and sash, holding a sword in right hand, with drapery behind. Cut down without inscription, with printed German text on the verso.This print is from a series of 108 portraits of the rulers of Saxony dating from 70 BC to the early seventeenth century, all taken from Petrus Albinus New Stammbuch und Beschreibung ...
4 de oct. de 2023 · Augustus II, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania Rules Without a Queen. Frederick Augustus' conversion caused dissent among the people of Saxony, but it won him his prize in the Catholic Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania as King Augustus II. Christiane never travelled to Poland or Lithuania, and she was not accorded a ceremonial crowning.
MAURICE (1521–1553), elector of Saxony, elder son of Henry, duke of Saxony, belonging to the Albertine branch of the Wettin family, was born at Freiberg on the 21st of March 1521. In January 1541 he married Agnes, daughter of Philip, landgrave of Hesse. In that year he became duke of Saxony by his father’s death, and he continued Henry’s ...
Frederic III, also known as Frederic the Wise, was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and Elisabeth of Bavaria. He was born in Torgau in 1463 and succeeded his father as Duke of Saxony and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire in 1486. In 1502, he founded the University of Wittenberg; Luther and Melanchthon both studied and later taught theology ...
19 de may. de 2021 · Deutsch: Johann der Beständige, Kurfürst von Sachsen. English: John, Elector of Saxony, known as John the Steadfast ( Johann der Beständige) or John the Constant (30 June 1468 – 16 August 1532) was Elector of Saxony from 1525 until 1532 (from the House of Wettin). Johann I, Elector of Saxony. John the Steadfeast, Elector of Saxony (1468 ...
Elector of Saxony and King Designate of Poland Family background. Frederick Augustus was the second (but eldest surviving) son of Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony and Maria Antonia Walpurgis, Princess of Bavaria. Because he was underage at the time of his father's death of smallpox in 1763, his mother served as Regent until 1768.
Augustus II the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, wearing the Polish Order of the White Eagle. After the death of the Polish king John III Sobieski in 1696, Augustus II the Strong converted to Catholicism and with Habsburg support, military pressure and bribes, won the free election for the kingship in 1697, becoming King Augustus II of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
