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Catherine of Mecklenburg -Schwerin. Religion. Roman Catholic (1521-1536) Lutheran (1536-1553) Signature. Maurice (21 March 1521 – 9 July 1553) was Duke (1541–47) and later Elector (1547–53) of Saxony. His clever manipulation of alliances and disputes gained the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty extensive lands and the electoral dignity.
Christian I of Saxony (29 October 1560 in Dresden – 25 September 1591 in Dresden) was Elector of Saxony from 1586 to 1591. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin . He was the sixth but second surviving son of Augustus, Elector of Saxony and Anna of Denmark. The death of his older brother, Alexander (8 October 1565), made ...
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750–1827), Elector, later King of Saxony, Duke of Warsaw. Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797–1854), King of Saxony. Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1865–1932), last King of Saxony. Frederick Augustus of Saxe-Eisenach (1663–1684), hereditary Prince of Saxe-Eisenach. Category: Human name ...
Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526–1586) 18. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg (1441–1503) 9. Catherine of Mecklenburg (1487–1561) 19. Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1460–1504) 2. Christian I, Elector of Saxony (1560–1591) 20. Frederick I of Denmark (1471–1533) 10. Christian III of Denmark (1503–1559) 21. Anna of ...
Johann Georg III was born in Dresden, the only son of Johann George II and Magdalene Sybille of Brandenburg-Bayreuth . John George succeeded his father as elector of Saxony when he died, in 1680; he was also appointed Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire. Because of his courage and his enthusiasm for the War he gained the nickname of the " Saxonian ...
FREDERICK I. (1369–1428), surnamed “the Warlike,” elector and duke of Saxony, was the eldest son of Frederick “the Stern,” count of Osterland, and Catherine, daughter and heiress of Henry VIII., count of Coburg. He was born at Altenburg on the 29th of March 1369, and was a member of the family of Wettin.
John Frederick surrendered, and passed his time in prison until his death in 1595; Grumbach was taken and executed; and the position of the elector was made quite secure. The form of Lutheranism taught in the Electorate of Saxony was that of Melanchthon , and many of its teachers and adherents, such as Caspar Peucer and Johann Stössel , afterwards called Crypto-Calvinists , were favoured by ...
