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Hace 1 día · Saxony has a long history as a duchy, an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire (the Electorate of Saxony), and finally as a kingdom (the Kingdom of Saxony). In 1918, after Germany's defeat in World War I , its monarchy was overthrown and a republican form of government was established under the current name.
Hace 2 días · Around 1100, the Duchy of Saxony gave Holstein to Count Adolf I of Schauenburg. Duchies in the Danish realm [ edit ] Schleswig and Holstein have at different times belonged in part or completely to either Denmark or Germany, or have been virtually independent of both nations.
- 15,763.17 km² (6,086.19 sq mi)
- Kiel
- Germany
- Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
Hace 2 días · Charles Edward (Leopold Charles Edward George Albert; [note 1] 19 July 1884 – 6 March 1954) was a British prince until 1919, the last sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a state of the German Empire, reigning from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918, and later a Nazi politician.
- 30 July 1900 – 14 November 1918
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
- Monarchy abolished
- Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Hace 3 días · Early Life and Ascension to Power. Otto I was born in 912 to Henry I the Fowler, Duke of Saxony, and his second wife, Matilda. His lineage, part of the Liudolfing dynasty, would later be known as the Ottonian dynasty in his honor. Otto’s early life was marked by his father’s efforts to consolidate power, which influenced Otto’s future ...
Hace 5 días · There were three ecclesiastical electors – the archbishops of Mainz, Trier and Cologne, and four secular ones – the king of Bohemia, the count palatinate of the Rhine, the duchy of Saxony-Wittemberg, and the margrave of Brandenburg.
Maybe the biggest disconnect between ruler and populace was the electorate of Saxony, although I'm not sure how much trouble it caused. The population was extremely Protestant, but after Augustus the Strong converted to Catholicism so that he could become king of Poland-Lithuania, all subsequent electors (and later, kings) of Saxony were Catholic, even after Poland was abolished.
Hace 4 días · Aldershot, Ashgate, 2003, ISBN: 754634019X; 338pp.; Price: £49.95. Early Stuart foreign policy remains a relatively neglected topic, despite mounting evidence for the importance of international religious conflicts in British political culture and the strains imposed by the demands of war on the British state. Jonathan Scott has recently ...
