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7 de abr. de 2024 · Frederick I was the elector of Saxony who secured the electorship for the House of Wettin, thus ensuring that dynasty’s future importance in German politics. An implacable enemy of the Bohemian followers of Jan Hus, church reformer and accused heretic, Frederick aided the Holy Roman emperor.
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Hace 3 días · In 1806 The Elector of Saxony became King of an independent Kingdom of Saxony. For the Kings that followed the electors, see below the Kingdom of Saxony. To continue the list of the multiple duchies that were contemporaries of this kingdom, follow this table. Ernest Frederick: 8 March 1724: 1764–1800: 8 September 1800: Ernestine Saxe-Coburg ...
Hace 2 días · The Elector Frederick Augustus III accordingly became King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony. Frederick Augustus remained loyal to Napoleon during the wars that swept Europe in the following years; he was taken prisoner and his territories were declared forfeit by the allies in 1813, after the defeat of Napoleon.
Hace 4 días · 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.
5 de abr. de 2024 · The illegitimate son of the elector Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (later also King Augustus II of Poland), young Maurice was sent by his father to serve under Prince Eugene of Savoy against the French in Flanders in 1709–10. In 1711 he was made Graf von Sachsen (count of Saxony; in French, comte de Saxe).
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26 de mar. de 2024 · Charles declared war on John Frederick I, elector of Saxony. At the Battle of Mühlberg on April 24, 1547, Matteo reportedly spurred the Catholic soldiers to victory, and John Frederick was taken prisoner. Matteo returned to Venice, where he continued his preaching. This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
28 de mar. de 2024 · Because Saxony was under the umbrella of the Holy Roman Empire at this time, both states wanted to have the privilege and power of being an elector, someone who had a say in selecting the emperor. Both subdivisions claimed that right, and it was the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV , in the Golden Bull of 1356, who awarded that right to Saxe-Wittenberg.
