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	JOHN GEORGE III. OF SAXONY - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN GEORGE III. OF SAXONY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		JOHN GEORGE I. (1585-1656), elector of Saxony, second son of the elector Christian I., was born on the 5th of March 1585, succeeding to the electorate in June 1611 on the death of his elder brother, Christian II.
		However, for the present the efforts of Gustavus Adolphus prevented the elector from deserting him, but the position was changed by the death of the king at Liitzen in 1632, and the refusal of Saxony to join the Protestant league under Swedish leadership.
		(1668-1694), elector of Saxony, was born on the i8th of October 1668.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /J/JO/JOHN_GEORGE_III_OF_SAXONY.htm (2625 words)

	saxony
		Saxony borders on (from the east and clockwise) Poland, the Czech Republic and the German states of Bavaria, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg.
		The portions in the east of Saxony are the southern parts of the historical region of Lusatia (Lausitz) and are called Upper Lusatia (Oberlausitz); the minority of the Sorbs live in the region, which is bilingual today.
		In the Congress of Vienna Saxony was forced to cede its northern territories to Prussia.
	www.fact-library.com /saxony.html (735 words)

	Royal Family of Europe - pafg159 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Friedrich III "Der Strenge", Landgrave Of THURINGIA was born on 14 Oct 1332.
		Friedrich, Prince Of THURINGIA was born on 6 Dec 1330 in Of Wartburg, S-W-Es, Thrn.
		Anna Princess Of SAXONY was born on 5 Jun 1420 in Of, Grimma, Leipzig, Saxony.
	www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg159.htm (1851 words)

	Saxony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The duchy thereafter passed to Henry III the Lion of the house of Welf in 1142.
		From the mid-13th century, the duke of Saxony was recognized as an imperial elector (a prince with the right to participate in choosing the Holy Roman Emperor); a dispute over this right between the two branches was settled in favour of the Wittenberg branch in 1356.
		Saxony Land was re-created in 1990 in the process of the unification of East with West Germany.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/Saxony/Saxony.html (683 words)

	Frederick III, Elector of Saxony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Friedrich III (January 17, 1463 – May 5, 1525), also known as Frederick the Wise, was Elector of Saxony (from the House of Wettin) from 1486 to his death.
		Frederick was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Albert, Duke of Bavaria.
		He was succeeded by his brother Duke John the Constant as Elector of Saxony.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frederick_III,_Elector_of_Saxony (251 words)

	Frederick The Wise
		Elector of Saxony 1486-1525, founder of the University of Wittenberg.
		Frederick III, called the Wise, elector of Saxony, eldest son of Ernest, elector of Saxony, and Elizabeth, daughter of Albert, duke of Bavaria-Munich (d.1508), was born at Torgau, and succeeded his father as elector in 1486.
		In 1519, Frederick, who alone among the electors refused to be bribed by the rival candidates for the imperial throne, declined to be a candidate for this high dignity himself, and assisted to secure the election of Charles V. He died unmarried at Langau, near Annaberg, on the 5th of May 1525.
	www.nndb.com /people/078/000028991 (266 words)

	Kids Be Safe : Article 'Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Georg Friedrich Hohenzollern, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Bayreuth, and Regent of Ducal Prussia was born 1539 and died 1603.
		Georg Friedrich II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (3 May 1678-29 March 1703) The third son of Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach by his first wife the Margravine Johanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach (and thus a half-brother of Queen Caroline of Great Britain), he succeeded his elder brother as Margrave of Ansbach in 1692.
		Friedrich had become Margrave of Brandenburg as Friedrich I in 1415, and on his death, 21 September 1440, his territories were divided between his sons; Bayreuth went to the eldest, Johann, while the second, Friedrich, received Brandenburg and Ansbach passed to the third son Albrecht Achilles.
	www.kidsbesafe.org /DisplayArticle41383.html (527 words)

	Electors of Saxony in Luther’s Time: Frederick the Wise
		Seven people had a vote in the election of this so-called emperor: three spiritual or cleric electors (the bishop of Mainz, the bishop of Trier, and the bishop of Köln) and four temporal or lay electors (the king of Bohemia, the count Palatine of the Rhine, the elector of Saxony, and the margrave of Brandenburg).
		The first Elector in Luther’s career was the second elector in the Ernestine line of Electors of Saxony, named after the founding elector, Elector Ernst of the House of Wettin.
		Friedrich was deeply imbued with late medieval devoutness, but recognized the necessity of a reformation of the erstwhile Papal church.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/lutheranism/107474 (603 words)

	January 17
		Birth of Friedrich III (the Wise), Elector of Saxony in Torgau, Germany.
		Friedrich was a patron of Albrecht Dürer, and Luchas Cranach the Elder.
		The uncle of August and Friedrich Schlegel, Johann Schlegel was a dramatist and literary critic.
	courseweb.stthomas.edu /paschons/language_http/calendar/jan17.html (443 words)

	Augustus III
		Augustus III, King of Poland, and, as Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony, the only legitimate son of Augustus II ("the Strong"), was born at Dresden on the 17th of October 1696.
		Saxony was in that year attacked by the Prussians, and with so much success that not only was the Saxon army forced to capitulate at Pirna in October, but the elector, who fled to Warsaw, made no attempt to recover Saxony, which remained under the dominion of Frederick.
		He left five sons, the eldest of whom was his successor in Saxony, Frederick Christian; and five daughters, one of whom was the wife of Louis, the dauphin of France, and mother of Louis XVI.
	www.nndb.com /people/609/000097318 (444 words)

	FREDERICK III. OF SAXONY - LoveToKnow Article on FREDERICK III. OF SAXONY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Retaining the government of Saxony in his own hands, he shared the other possessions of his family with his brother John, called the Stedfast (1468I 532).
		In 1493 he had gone as a pilgrim to Jerusalem, and had been made a knight of the Holy Sepulchre; but, although he remained throughout life an adherent of the older faith, he seems to have been drawn into sympathy with the reformers, probably through his connection with the university of Wittenberg.
		In 1519, Frederick, who alone among the electors refused to be bribed by the rival candidates for the imperial throne, declined to be a candidate for this high dignity himself, and assisted to secure the election of Charles V. lie died unmarried at Langau, near Annaberg, on the 5th of May 1525.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FR/FREDERICK_III_OF_SAXONY.htm (288 words)

	Wittenberg - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		In the interior of the church are the tombs of Luther and Philipp Melanchthon, and of the electors Frederick the Wise, by Peter Vischer the elder (1527), and John the Constant, by Hans Vischer ; also portraits of the reformers by Lucas Cranach the younger.
		It was the capital of the little duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, the rulers of which afterwards became electors of Saxony; and it continued to be a Saxon residence under the Ernestine electors.
		The Capitulation of Wittenberg (1547) is the name given to the treaty by which John Frederick the Magnanimous was compelled to resign the electoral dignity and most of his territory to the Albertine branch of the Saxon family.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Wittenberg (820 words)

	Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
		Friedrich III, also known as Frederick the Wise, (January 17, 1463 - May 5, 1525) was Elector of Saxony from 1486-1525.
		He was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Albert, Duke of Bavaria.
		Frederick secured an exemption from the Edict of Worms for Saxony, and ensured Luther would be heard before the Diet of Worms in 1521.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/frederick_iii__elector_of_saxony (213 words)

	Royal City Karlsbad
		The preferred restaurants during the main season are the Saxonian Hall (built in 1701 by King Friedrich August I of Poland and Elector of Saxony), the Lusthaus, the City of Paris, and the Teutsche Hof [German Court]; among the coffeeshops, the Melon, the Elephant, and the Panorama are preferred.
		Furthermore, in 1691 the Elector of Brandenburg and later King of Prussia, Friedrich III, and the Duke (in 1692 Elector) of Hannover, Ernst August, stayed in Karlsbad.
		Among the spa visitors of the years 1816, 1817, and 1820 was King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, and among the passing tourists of 1818 was the Russian Empress Maria Fodorowna, widow of Paul I. In August of 1819, under the presidency of the k.k.
	home.xnet.com /~ugeiser/Genealogy/Bohemia/karlsbad.html (10040 words)

	boys clothing: German royalty--Saxony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Saxony in 1485 the land was divided between the brothers Albert and Ernst.
		In 1697 Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, was crowned King of Poland.
		Saxony and other German states still had broad power within the Weimar Republic, but with the NAZIs seizure of power state authority was centraliized.
	histclo.com /royal/gers/royal-sax.htm (849 words)

	List of state leaders in 1788 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bavaria and the Palatinate - Karl Theodor, Elector Palatine (1742-1799) and Elector of Bavaria (1777-1799)
		Saxony - Frederick Augustus III, Elector of Saxony (1763-1806/1827)
		Trier - Clement Wenceslaus of Saxony, Archbishop of Trier (1768-1802)
	centipedia.com /articles/List_of_state_leaders_in_1788 (494 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Augustus III of Poland
		Friedrich August II Wettin was born in Dresden in 1696 as son of August II the Strong, Imperial Prince-Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.
		After his father's death he inherited Saxony and was elected king of Poland with support of Russian and Austrian troops.
		Their eldest son, Frederick Christian, succeeded his father as Elector of Saxony.
	fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Augustus_III_of_Poland (212 words)

	biology - Wittenberg
		Several parts of the city were extended in those days: the second bridge over the Elbe river was built from 1486-1490, the Castle Church was built from 1490-1499, the same time the palace was rebuilt.
		In 1502 the University was founded and gave home to a lot of important thinkers, among them Martin Luther (Professor of Theology since 1508) and Philipp Melanchthon (Professor of Greek since 1518).
		The Anabaptist movement also had one of its early homes in Wittenberg, when the Zwickau prophets moved there, only to be suppressed by Luther.
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/Wittenberg (813 words)

	Elector Friedrich I Wettin Of Saxony / Princess Katharine Of Brunswick Lunebu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Elector Friedrich I Wettin Of Saxony / Princess Katharine Of Brunswick Lunebu
		Name: Princess Of Saxony Katharine Born: 1421 at Of, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony Died: 23 Aug 1476 Husband: Frederick Ii The Iron Friedrich Elector Brandenburg
		Name: William Iii The Brave Of Saxony Wettin Born: 30 Apr 1425 at Meissen, Dresden, Saxony Died: 17 Sep 1482 Wife: Princess Anna Habsburg Of Austria
	www.e-familytree.net /F6/F6374.htm (405 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Frederick Augustus I the Strong Wettin
		Born in Dresden, Saxony, August was born to John George III Wettin and Anne Sophie of Denmark.
		Following the death of the Polish king John III Sobieski, August converted to Catholicism and was elected king of Poland in 1697 with help and support of Russia and Austria.
		One of his sons, August III of Poland, followed him as Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/3/2784.htm (347 words)

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		Friedrich could thenceforth, on his own score, protect the Neumark; keep up an invisible but impenetrable wall between it and the neighboring anarchic conflagrations of thirteen years; and the Neumark has ever since remained with Brandenburg, its original owner.
		The First Friedrich found his Electorship had dreadfully real duties for him, and that this of the Burggrafship had fallen mostly obsolete; so he sold it to the Nurnbergers for a round sum: only the Principalities and Territories are retained in that quarter.
		Culmbach the Elector left, at his death, to his Second Son,-- properly to two sons, but one of them soon died, and the other became sole possessor;--Friedrich by name; who, as founder of the Elder Line of Brandenburg-Culmbach Princes, must not be forgotten by us.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext00/03frd10.txt (17816 words)

	Courtly Lives - Augustus II Elector of Saxony and King of Poland
		He was born on May 12, 1670, to Johann George III (Wettin) and Anne Sophie of Denmark (Schelszwig-Holstein).
		He died January 31, 1733, He was Elector of Saxony (as Friedrich August I) and King of Poland from 1697-1704 and again from 1709-1733.
		After the death, in 1696, of John III Sobieski, the King of Poland (Augustus) was separated by a wide strip of Austrian and Prussian territory.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/AugustII.html (1177 words)

	Frederick Augustus I of Saxony - Biocrawler definition:Frederick Augustus I of Saxony - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Frederick Augustus I of Saxony - Biocrawler definition:Frederick Augustus I of Saxony - Biocrawler
		He succeeded his father, Frederick Christian, in December 1763, as Elector Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (from the House of Wettin).
		He was succeeded as King of Saxony by his younger brother Anthony Clement.
	biocrawler.com /biowiki/Frederick_Augustus_I_of_Saxony (239 words)

	Lukas Cranach the Elder: Friedrich III the Wise and Johan I Elector of Saxony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Lukas Cranach the Elder: Friedrich III the Wise and Johan I Elector of Saxony
		Lukas Cranach the Elder - Friedrich III the Wise and Johan I Elector of Saxony @ The Uffizi Gallery of Florence, Italy
		Lukas Cranach the Elder - Friedrich III the Wise and Johan I Elector of Saxony
	www.yourwaytoflorence.com /uffizi1/cercals1.asp?Contatore=192 (103 words)

	History of Friedrich II of Prussia V 3 - Chapter XIII.
		On the road thither news reached him that his own Father, old Joachim Friedrich, was dead (18th July, 1608); that he himself was now Kurfurst; [1572, 1608-1619.] and that numerous threads were loose at both ends of his affairs.
		This Duchy of Cleve, all this fine agglomerate of Duchies, Duke Wilhelm settled, were to be inherited in a piece, by his eldest (or indeed, as it soon proved, his only) Son and the heirs of that Son, if there were any.
		Failing heirs of that only Son, then the entire Duchy of Cleve was to go to Maria Eleonora as eldest Daughter, now marrying to Friedrich Albert, Duke of Prussia, and to their heirs lawfully begotten: heirs female, if there happened to be no male.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/prussia/HistoryofFriedrichIIofPrussiaV3/chap13.html (1827 words)

	Grimm German Legend 562: Dr. Luther at the Wartburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Wartburg is a fortified castle overlooking the town of Eisenach in Thüringen (Thuringia).
		Friedrich III, Elector of Saxony, sheltered Luther at the Wartburg between May 1521 and March 1522.
		It was here that Luther began his translation of the New Testament into German.
	www.pitt.edu /~dash/legend562.html (202 words)

	Elector Wenzel Of Saxony / Princess Cecilia Of Carrara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Elector Wenzel Of Saxony / Princess Cecilia Of Carrara
		Name: Albrecht Iii Elector Saxony [prince Of Saxon Born: 1374 at Of, Wittenberg, Sachsen Died: 27 Nov 1422 Wife: Princess Eufemia Of Oels
		Name: Rudolf Iii Of Saxe-wittenberg Elector Of Saxony Born: Abt 1367 Died: 9 Jun 1419 Wife: Princess Of Thuringia Anna
	www.e-familytree.net /F4/F4613.htm (291 words)

	I45209: Anna Wettin of SAXONY (1437 - 1512)
		I45209: Anna Wettin of SAXONY (1437 - 1512)
		_Friedrich III "der Strenge" Lndgve of THURINGIA _+ _Friedrich I "der Streitbare" Elector of SAXONY _
		_Leopold III Habsburg Duke of AUSTRIA ____________+
	www.gbnf.com /genealog3/maclaren/html/d0364/I45209.HTM (147 words)

	Celebrating Lucas Cranach
		Cranach learned to draw and paint from his father, and developed his skills in Vienna and Nüremberg before accepting a post as court painter to Friedrich III, elector of Saxony, in Wittenberg (Saxony-Anhalt).
		Also featured is a replica of a Gutenberg printing press, similar to one Cranach used to help Luther publish his ideas.
		Cultural events celebrating the artist will also be held this year in Torgau (Saxony), Dessau (Saxony-Anhalt), Weimar (Thuringia) and his birthplace, Kronach (Bavaria), from which he takes his name.
	www.echoworld.com /B03/B0304/B0305-02.htm (403 words)

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