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Hace 2 días · The electors of Saxony from John the Steadfast onwards were Lutheran until Augustus II of Saxony converted to Catholicism in order to be elected King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. His descendants (including all Kings of Saxony) have since been Catholic.
Friedrich August Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony (1893–1943). After becoming a Jesuit priest, he renounced his rights in 1923. He was allegedly assassinated by the SS or Gestapo in 1943. Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen, Duke of Saxony (1893–1968). Married Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis (1903–1976) and had issue.
- Wettin
- Archduchess Louise of Austria (m. 1891; div. 1903)
Hace 4 días · In a hereditary system governed by some form of primogeniture, an heir apparent is easily identifiable as the person whose position as first in the line of succession to a title or office is secure, regardless of future births.
21 de abr. de 2024 · Hermann I (born c. 1156—died April 25, 1217, Gotha, Thuringia [Germany]) was the landgrave of Thuringia and count palatine of Saxony who helped defeat the Hohenstaufen emperor Henry VI’s attempt to transform the German kingdom from an elective into a hereditary monarchy. Hermann received the Saxon palatinate about 1180 from his brother Louis III.
7 de abr. de 2024 · John I (born April 11, 1357, Lisbon—died August 14, 1433, Lisbon) was the king of Portugal from 1385 to 1433, who preserved his country’s independence from Castile and initiated Portugal’s overseas expansion. He was the founder of the Aviz, or Joanina (Johannine), dynasty. Early life.
26 de abr. de 2024 · Dowlais through German eyes….yet again – The Melting Pot. In January, I published an article regarding the Prince of Saxony’s visit to Dowlais ( https://www.merthyr-history.com/?p=8138 ). Here is a transcription of another German visit from “Dawlais Works, die Eisen- und Schienen-Walzwerke des Hauses John Guest, in London, 1844” by Carl Klocke.
23 de abr. de 2024 · John George IV (born Oct. 18, 1668, Dresden, Saxony—died April 27, 1694, Dresden) was the elector of Saxony (1691–94). At the beginning of his reign his chief adviser was Hans Adam von Schöning (1641–96), who counselled a union between Saxony and Brandenburg and a more independent attitude toward the emperor Leopold I.
