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  George Of Saxony - LoveToKnow 1911
GEORGE, king of Saxony (1832-1904), the youngest son of King John of Saxony (d.
His name is inseparably associated with this campaign, during which he showed undoubted military ability and an intrepidity which communicated itself to all ranks under his command, notably at the battles of St Privat and Beaumont, in which he greatly distinguished himself.
On his brother succeeding to the throne he became commander-inchief of the Saxon army, and was in 1888 made a Prussian field marshal by the emperor William I.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /George_Of_Saxony   (246 words)

  
  Royal Family of Europe - pafg171 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Margarethe, Princess Of SAXONY was born in 1444 in Of Meissen, Drsdn, Sxny.
Hedwig, Princess Of SAXONY was born on 31 Oct 1445 in Of Meissen, Drsdn, Sxny.
John OF SAXONY was born in 1801 in Saxony, Germany.
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 John Frederick, Elector of Saxony information - Search.com
Johann Friedrich I, Elector of Saxony (30 June 1503 - 3 March 1554), called John the Magnanimous, was head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), "Champion of the Reformation".
He was the son of John the Steadfast of Saxony and born in Torgau.
To protect and save his wife and sons, and to prevent Wittenberg from being destroyed, John Frederick conceded the Capitulation of Wittenberg, and, after having been compelled to resign the government of his country in favor of Maurice of Saxony, his condemnation was changed into imprisonment for life.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (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 III, Duke of Bavaria.
Frederick died unmarried at Langau, near Annaberg, in 1525 and was buried in the Schlosskirche at Wittenberg with a grave by Peter Vischer the Younger.
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 CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (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 III, Duke of Bavaria.
Frederick died unmarried at Langau, near Annaberg, in 1525 and was buried in the Schlosskirche at Wittenberg with a grave by Peter Vischer the Younger.
encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Frederick_III_of_Saxony   (979 words)

  
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John, Elector of Saxony, known as John the Steadfast or John the Constant (30 June 1468 – 16 August 1532) was Elector of Saxony from 1525 until 1532 (from the House of Wettin).
Born in Meissen, he was the fifth of the seven children of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and Elizabeth of Bavaria-Munich.
In 1527 the Lutheran Church was established as the state church in Ernestine Saxony, with the Elector as Chief Bishop.
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 John George III, Elector of Saxony - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
John George III (20 June 1647 - 12 September 1691) was born into the house of Wettin.
He was the Elector of Saxony, one of the electors of the Holy Roman Empire.
John George III Wettin married Anne Sophia of Denmark.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/John_George_III%2C_Elector_of_Saxony   (99 words)

  
 PageS.html
The Ernestine branch of the House of Saxony was Lutheran and Catholic.
The ducal title of Saxony was given to Benard of Anhalt, the son of Albert the Bear of the Brandenburg House [founders of the Ascanian line of Saxon dukes].
This was divided among the son of John Frederick, the former elector of Saxony..
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 WHKMLA : History of Albertine Saxony, 1485-1547
Albrecht served as military commander of Emperor Maximilian in the War of Guelders 1497; in 1498 he was appointed GUBERNATOR (governor) OF FRIESLAND, a coastal region in the northern Netherlands, which was rather peculiar as it had escaped feudalization.
John Frederick lead his army back to Saxony, liberated his territories, conquered Albertine Saxony and proceeded to invade Bohemia (Territory of Emperor Charles V.).
Duke John Frederick kept most of Thuringia; these territories, due to the Wettin succession law, over time were split up in a number of tiny duchies of limited historical significance.
www.zum.de /whkmla/region/germany/asaxony14851547.html   (608 words)

  
 JewishEncyclopedia.com - SAXONY:
Jews are reported to have appeared in Saxony before the year 1000, in the train of the Lombards, settling principally in the cities of Merseburg, Naumburg, Torgau, and Meissen (B. Lindau, "Gesch.
The police regulation of John Frederick the Younger from the year 1556 decreed the body-tax, the interdiction against the stay of foreign Jews on Saxon soil longer than one night, and the prohibition of trade and traffic.
According to the census of 1904, the Jewish population of Saxony was as follows: Annaberg, 105 persons; Bautzen, 54; Blasewitz, 21; Chemnitz, 1,150; Döbeln, 23; Dresden, 3,059; Freiberg, 56; Leipsic, 7,000; Lobau, 31; Löbtau, 38; Meissen, 32; Merane, 32; Mitweida, 41; Micksen, 20; Pirna, 24; Plauen, 250; Veilchenbach, 36; Wurzen, 39; Zittau, 135; Zwickau, 50.
www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=292&letter=S   (1192 words)

  
 Book 1 - Chapter 2 - History of the Catholic Church
At the Diet of Speier, in 1526, John Duke of Saxony, and Philip of Hesse adopted so violent and unconciliatory an attitude that Germany was on the brink of civil war, had not the Archduke Ferdinand, alarmed by the success of the Turks, used all his powers to prevent a division.
The protest, signed by the Elector of Saxony, the Margrave of Brandenburg, the Dukes of Brunswick-Luneburg, Philip of Hesse, and the representatives of fourteen cities, having failed to produce any effect on the Diet, a deputation was appointed to interview the Emperor and to place their grievances before him.
John Frederick of Saxony and Philip of Hesse, alarmed by the threatening aspect of affairs, determined to anticipate the Emperor, and took the field at the head of an army of forty thousand men (1546).
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 Electors of Saxony in Luther’s Time: John Frederick the Magnanimous
Succeeding John the Steadfast as Elector of Saxony was his oldest son, John Frederick I. He was known as the "Magnanimous elector of Saxony." Of the three electors, John Frederick was perhaps the most partisan Lutheran who had a great admiration for Martin Luther.
John Frederick was born in Torgau on 30 June 1503.
John Frederick at a young age began to correspond with Luther, beginning in the days when the bull of excommunication was hurled against Luther.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/lutheranism/107948   (459 words)

  
 ::Holy Roman Empire::
These were the Duke of Saxony, the Margrave of Brandenburg, the King of Bavaria, the Count Palatine of the Rhine and the three archbishops of Mainz, Trier and Cologne.
Elector John of Saxony : John was a Lutheran.
John had the potential to be a destabilising factor in Germany.
www.historylearningsite.co.uk /holy_roman_empire_30YW.htm   (1650 words)

  
 German Info: Frankfurter Buchmesse 2003
And finally, it was in Saxony, where in 1989 demonstrations in Leipzig, Plauen and Dresden initiated the beginning of the end of the GDR, thereby paving the way for Germany’s reunification.
After Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia, Saxony signed in 1806 a treaty with the French in Posen (now Poznan), joined the Confederation of the Rhine and was rewarded with the status of a kingdom.
Republic) of Saxony was re-established on 3 October 1990, When the GDR acceded to the West German constitution, Saxony became a state of the Federal Republic of Germany.
www.germany.info /relaunch/info/publications/infocus/Saxony/History.htm   (1412 words)

  
 Hungarian Saints -- John of Capistrano
In 1420 John was raised to the priesthood.
After the general chapter held at Assisi in 1430, St John was appointed to draft the conclusions at which the assembly arrived and these "Martinian statutes", as they were called, in virtue of their confirmation by Pope Martin V, are among the most important in the history of the order.
So again John was on several occasions entrusted with inquisitorial powers by the Holy See, as for example to take proceedings against the Fraticelli and to inquire into the grave allegations which had been made against the Order of Gesuats founded by Bd John Colombini.
www.katolikus.hu /hun-saints/john.html   (1652 words)

  
 poland
Augustus II (1670-1733) `the Strong´ Elector of Saxony (1694-1733) and King of Poland (1697-1733).
John was the younger son of King Sigismund III.
The son of King John III of Sweden and his wife Catherine, daughter of Sigismund I of Poland, Sigismund III was born June 20, 1566, in Gripsholm, Sweden.
website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/poland.htm   (4614 words)

  
 Frederick III Elector of Saxony: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
Elector; Elector Frederick III succeeds...building of the suburb...Augustus of Saxony, elected...enough, the Elector was additionally...Augustus II of Saxony, was elected...Romans.
They are those of Frederick-Augustus II, Elector of Saxony, King Augustus III of Poland and his wife Queen...Maria-Josepha to give to her husband Frederick-Augustus II, Elector of Saxony, King Augustus III of Poland to mark their 25th...
FREDERICK III, elector of Saxony or Frederick the Wise, 1463 1525, elector of Saxony (1486 1525).
www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/101244989   (1164 words)

  
 Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by forename - part 65
John of Mar, Earl of Mar and Garioch Stuart, b.
John the Constant of Saxony, Elector of Saxony Wettin, b.
John the Fearless of Burgundy, Duke of Burgundy
www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk /genealogy/royal/gedFx65.html   (1050 words)

  
 Guardian | East's TV rebels refuse to go west
Nothing unusual in fast-paced TV stations around the world, except that this team are from a do-it-yourself tradition and their news centre is a family house in the depressed east German city of Hoyerswerda.
Hoyerswerda TV is one of 84 independent channels in the state of Saxony, sandwiched between the Polish and Czech borders.
The people of Saxony honed their TV skills over 40 years because they were too far from West Germany to pick up decent programmes.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4762950-103532,00.html   (400 words)

  
 20TH GENERATION
John of SAXONY King was born in 1801 in Saxony - son of Frederick Augustus.
Amalia of BAVARIA Queen of Saxony (daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of BAVARIA and Princess Caroline of BADEN) was born about 1800 in Bavaria - dtr of Maximilian I Joseph.
John of SAXONY King and Amalia of BAVARIA Queen of Saxony had the following children:
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 Maurice of Saxony - Encyclopedia.com
Maurice of Saxony see Maurice (1521-53); Saxe, Maurice, comte de (1696-1750).
John Frederick of Saxony was tried and sentenced...
Christi of Ludolph of Saxony and its Influence on...
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 Observer | East's TV rebels refuse to go west
Nothing unusual in fast-paced TV stations around the world, except that this team are from a do-it-yourself tradition and their news centre is a family house in the depressed east German city of Hoyerswerda.
Hoyerswerda TV is one of 84 independent channels in the state of Saxony, sandwiched between the Polish and Czech borders.
The people of Saxony honed their TV skills over 40 years because they were too far from West Germany to pick up decent programmes.
observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4762950-110406,00.html   (400 words)

  
 seMissourian.com: Story: Saxony embarks on varsity basketball era
Saxony Lutheran's young sports program made a splash into the varsity sports world in the fall when its cross country team went to the state meet in its first year.
Sophomore guard Lauren Lueders, along with the rest of Saxony Lutheran's varsity squad -- which has only two upper classmen -- will be out to prove they belong when they start their first varsity schedule at home against Chaffee on Dec. 5.
Saxony Lutheran has all five starters back from last year's squad, which finished 18-4 against junior varsity and freshmen teams.
www.semissourian.com /story/125268.html   (403 words)

  
 JOHN MOORE WHEELS
John Lysaght Moore (1897 - 1965) was an artist and printmaker who was part of the close-knit community of York Bay, near Eastbourne, across the harbour from Wellington.
John Moore's own notes say it was "More silent, suitable for use in sitting room with others in the room.
It is not clear exactly when they began to build John Moore's wheels: a letter from Perrine Moncrieff to him dated August 15 1942 mentions him "making" his wheels but also implies that he tested them before they were despatched.
www.nzspinningwheels.info /moore.html   (571 words)

  
 JOHN OF WILDESHAUSEN BISHOP AND MASTER GENERAL
John the Teuton attended the assembly as provincial of Lombardy.
It was to the chapter that elected John of Wildesbausen that the emperor directed the letter on this subject, from which we quoted in the sketch of Father John di Scledo.
Time and again John also made known his objections to the Holy See, for he felt that such promotions, apart from depriving his religious institute of the services of able men, were dangerous to discipline and to the spirit of humility which should constitute one of its chief adornments.
www.domcentral.org /trad/disciples/54jnwildes.htm   (4719 words)

  
 Aardvark Alley: + Frederick III, Elector of Saxony +
Frederick the Wise, elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, was Martin Luther's sovereign in the early years of the Reformation.
Upon Frederick's death, Duke John became Elector of Saxony.
John's nickname was "the Steadfast" — indicating how he continued his brother's protection and encouragement of the Reformation.
aardvarkalley.blogspot.com /2006/05/frederick-iii-elector-of-saxony.html   (490 words)

  
 seMissourian.com: Story: Braves win first encounter with Saxony Lutheran
Saxony Lutheran (3-1) was held without a basket for the first three minutes and 15 seconds of the third quarter, squandering the momentum built during a strong second quarter.
Saxony cut the lead to 33-30 on a 3-pointer by Bret Steffens, but Brownlee put the halftime score at 35-30 with a basket in the waning seconds of the half.
Saxony got much of its scoring from in the post as well, led by 6-3 Alex Jauch with 16 points.
www.semissourian.com /story/1181090.html   (634 words)

  
 JOHN (1801-1873) - Online Information article about JOHN (1801-1873)
John was called in 1822 to the privy See also:
Augustus II., John became, on the 9th of August 1854, king of Saxony.
As king he soon won great popularity owing to his simplicity, graciousness and increasingly evident know-ledge of affairs.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /JEE_JUN/JOHN_1801_1873_.html   (941 words)

  
 Schmalkald  War  Peace of Passau, Peace of augsburg 1555
The Electors of Cologne, Brandenburg and Palatine remained neutral, leaving the brunt of war to be faced by the princes of Saxony, Hess, Wurtemburg, Anhalt and the cities of Augsburg, Ulm and Strasburg.
John of Saxony was beaten at Muhlberg 24 April 1547 and his lands divided between Frederick and Maurice.
A surprising turn of events was the realisation by Prince Maurice of Albertine- Saxony while at the siege of Magdeburg that he was on the wrong side.
www.thereformation.info /schmalkaldwar.htm   (1536 words)

  
 MARTIN LUTHER’S LETTERS
I scarcely like to moot it, but if it were not beneath the dignity of their order, and did not give too much trouble, I would esteem the presence of the members of the College at my ordination at Erfurt a great honor.
TO JOHN BRAUN Luther had been hurriedly summoned by Frederick the Wise, on the recommendation of Staupitz, to be Professor in Wittenberg in 1508; he apologizes for not bidding adieu.
They have traversed three lands to lay hold of John Reuchlin, and have dragged him hither against his will, while I am at the door, and pleading to be taken, and they leave me alone and whisper in corners that which they cannot defend.
www.godrules.net /library/luther/208luther2.htm   (8674 words)

  
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John's Girdle" woven from Artemesia vulgaris was filled with seasonal flowers which were then suspended over the bonfires for burning, accompanied by various songs and chants to the effect that the people thereby be delivered of their sins and afflictions.
In skimming it for an hour last night I noted that the St. John's Fires were given a tremendous impetus by a sermon of St. Augustine, and that through the years there was both a tremendous variation in the actual customs and procedures surrounding the fires, and an unending ecclesiastical controversy over them.
St. John's Night by Thomas Merton (excerpted) Now where the hills of Languedoc are blue with vineyards Swimming to the crowns of the low ridges brown as shells, A thousand villages begin to name your night with fires.
www.mgardens.org /DC-BR-TFOSJ.html   (2060 words)

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