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  George, Duke of Saxony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony (27 August 1471 - 17 April 1539), was duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539.
His father was Albert the Brave of Saxony, founder of the Albertine line of the Wettin family, still the ruling line of Saxony, his mother was Sidonia, daughter of George of Podebrady, King of Bohemia.
George was married at Dresden, 21 November 1496, to Barbara of Poland, daughter of Casimir IV, King of Poland and Elisabeth, daughter of Albrecht II of Hungary.
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 Stall-Plates of the Knights of the Garter
1399 (96) Humphrey (Plantagenet), styled "of Lancaster." Duke of Gloucester.
Earl of Hereford, K.G. Married Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham, K.G., afterwards Duke of Gloucester.
Daughter of Philip (the Bold), Duke of Burgundy, K.G. Married William of Bavaria, Duke of Holland and Count of Ostrevant, K.G. 1408 Blanch, Duchess of Bavaria.
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 Titles of European hereditary rulers
Albert (+1298), Duke of Saxony-Wittenberg, ceded the Burgraviate of Magdeburg.
< Rudolf I (+1356), Duke of Saxony-Wittenberg 1297 >
< Frederick I (+1428), Landgrave of Thuringia and Margrave of Misnia; Elector and Duke of Saxony-Wittenberg 1423 >
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 George - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George II of Greece, the son of Constantine I and Princess Sophia of Prussia
George III of the United Kingdom, the third British monarch of the House of Hanover
Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V
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 Courtly Lives - Casimir IV of Poland
Elzbieta's Uncle was Ladislas V, King of Austria in 1404, Duke of Austria is 1440, and King of Bohemia and Hungary (1440-1457).
Jadwiga (1457-1502) married Jerzy Bogaty, Duke of Saxony OR George, Duke of Bavaria.
Joachim's wife (1) was Magdalen (1507-1534), daughter of George, Duke of Saxony.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: George the Bearded
His father was Albert the Brave of Saxony, founder of the Albertine line of the wettin family, still the ruling line of Saxony, his mother was Sidonia, daughter of George of Podiebrad, King of Bohemia.
As early as 1488, when his father was in Friesland fighting on behalf of the emperor, George was regent of the ducal possessions, which included the Margravate of Meissen with the cities of Dresden and Leipzig.
George was married at Dresden, 21 November, 1496, to Barbara of Poland, daughter of King Casimir IV of that country.
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 Otto Von Pack - LoveToKnow 1911
In 1528 he revealed to Philip, landgrave of Hesse, the details of a scheme agreed upon in Breslau by the archduke Ferdinand, afterwards the emperor Ferdinand I., and other influential princes, to conquer Hungary for Ferdinand and then to attack the reformers in Germany.
For some time Pack lived the life of a fugitive, finally reaching the Netherlands, where he was seized at the request of Duke George.
Examined under torture he admitted the forgery, and the government of the Netherlands passed sentence of death, which was carried out on the 8th of February 1537.
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 Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
He refused to be drawn into the anti-Lutheran league of George, Duke of Saxony in 1525; and by his alliance with John, Elector of Saxony, concluded at Gotha 27 February 1526, showed that he was already taking steps to organize a protective alliance of all Protestant princes and powers.
Within a few weeks of his marriage to the unattractive and sickly Christine of Saxony, who was also alleged to be an immoderate drinker, Philip committed adultery; and as early as 1526 he began to consider the permissibility of bigamy.
On his death, his territories were divided (Hesse becoming Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Marburg, Hesse-Rheinfels, and Hesse-Darmstadt) between his four sons by his first wife, Catherine of Saxony (daughter of George, Duke of Saxony), namely William IV of Hesse-Kassel, Louis IV of Hesse-Marburg, Philip II of Hesse-Rheinfels, and Georg I of Hesse-Darmstadt.
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 List of the Knights of the Garter (1348-present)
96 (inv 1399) Humphrey (Plantagenet), styled "of Lancaster." Duke of Gloucester.
509 (inv 1703) George Lewis, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Elector of Hanover (1660-1727).
Afterwards Duke of Edinburgh, reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1893.
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 Hause Family - Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
He then restored Ulrich, duke of Würtemberg, to his duchy in a brief military campaign in 1534 that humiliated the German king, Ferdinand I, and his brother Charles V. In fact, Philip was only restrained from all-out war by the pleading of John of Saxony and Martin Luther.
George I, the youngest son, received the upper county of Katzenelnbogen, and became the founder of the Hesse-Darmstadt line.
This prompted Duke Maximilian of Bavaria (1573-1651) to intervene on behalf of the Catholics.
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 George - meaning of word   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The name ''George'' has its origin in ancient Greek, meaning something like "farmer, man from the country." The name is a derivation of the Greek male name ''Geôrgios (Γεώργιος)'', which developed out of ''geô'' (=earth), and ''ergo'' (=to work).
* George (band) is a band from Brisbane, Australia * ''George'' was the Allied reporting name for the Kawanishi N1K-J World War II-era Japanese fighter aircraft * George (tortoise), a long-serving pet on British television series Blue Peter.
* GEORGE was also the name of an International Computers Ltd operating system developed for their 1900 range of computers.
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 The History of Protestantism by J. A. Wylie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
He raged against the Reformer as a fire-brand and revolutionist; and the Reformer in his turn was at no pains to conceal the contempt in which he held the duke, whom he commonly styled the "clown." On the 24th of April, 1539, George, Duke of Saxony, died.
Duke George ordered: in his last will that his brother should make no change in the religion of his States, and failing fulfillment of this condition he bequeathed his kingdom to the emperor and Ferdinand of Austria.
The Elector of Saxony, the Landgrave of Hesse, the Duke of Wurtemberg, the princes of Anhalt, the cities of Augsburg, Ulm, and Strasburg, alone set this formidable armament on foot.
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of Otto I, Duke of Meranien, Margrave of Istria, Graf Pfalz in Burgundy; m.
of George of Saxony (Albertine Branch) who was the brother of Henry "the Pious"
(1) 6 Nov 1636 Dresden to Magdalene of Saxony, dau.
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 George- WordWeb dictionary definition
King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1910 to 1936; gave up his German title in 1917 during World War I (1865-1936)
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820; the American colonies were lost during his reign; he became insane in 1811 and his son (later George IV) acted as regent until 1820 (1738-1820)
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
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 The_Romance_Anais.html
We now turn to tell the tale how she was kidnapped by the fiend Boors, and how the old and ugly King George of Quakin-Bush had a part in it in his desire to subvert the people where the high tower of her captivity was erected.
While George was not in on the subsequent murder of Seigfried by the vile Hagan, George knew of it.
It was customary for all the people in Rude King George's land of Quakin-Bush to lie, and others to pass their lies aside, but Sir Gwain was one man who could always be depended upon for the truth, for an example of virtue, and a standard of humility.
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 The_Romance_Anais.html   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
We now turn to tell the tale how the fiend Boors kidnapped her, and how the old and ugly King George of Quakin-Bush had a part in it in his desire to subvert the people where the high tower of her captivity was erected.
Before arriving in Britain, he had been thrown out of his Kingdom in Saxony for having misled the Saxon lords of that realm into a misadventure into Hungry, where all of his retinue, except himself and three of his cowardly men, were shamefully wiped out at a bohort.
King Pellam and his brother, Elain le Gros – named after their ancestor – were sons of King Jonaan, who was the son of Isaiah, who was the son of Elian, who was the son of Narpus, who was the son of Celydoine, the son of the Saracen Nascien and Bethabara, Joseph of Arimathaea's daughter.
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 The Reformation
He was a brilliant scholar who mastered the late medieval scholastic tradition, and was recognized by John of Guant (The Duke of Lancaster) as one who was extraordinarily gifted in theology and preaching.
Luther was not invited because if he had left the Wittemberg area, he would not be under the protection of the German Prince Elector Duke George of Saxony, who was favorable to Luther.
As a matter of fact, his colleagues (friends of Duke George) kidnapped him that night in fear of his life, threw a sack over him and "stole" him away.
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 Luther From The Opening Of The Leipzig Disputation To The Close Of The Diet Of Worms
This was regarded by Luther as a challenge which needed to be answered.
The result was the disputation held at Leipzig, June 27-July 16, 1519, under the auspices of Duke George of Saxony.
The disputation opened between Carlstadt and Eck on free will, and was continued between Luther and Eck on the primacy of the Pope, purgatory, penance, and indulgences.
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 Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942)
Prince of Great Britain and Ireland; Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Duke of Saxony, with the style of His Royal Highness (H.R.H.Prince George of Wales)
Duke of Kent, Earl of St. Andrews, and Baron Downpatrick
Grand Cordon, the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum (Japan)
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