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	MAURICE OF NASSAU - LoveToKnow Article on MAURICE OF NASSAU
		Maurice soon showed himself to be a general second in skill to none of his contemporaries.
		Maurice was opposed to the truce, but the advocates policy triumphed and henceforward there was enmity between them.
		Oldenbarneveldt perished on the scaffold, and the share which Maurice had in securing the illegal condemnation by a packed court of judges of the aged pafriot must ever remain a stain upon his memory.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MAURICE_OF_NASSAU.htm (588 words)

	Saxony. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The land of the Saxons, Saxony was in Frankish times roughly the area in NW Germany between the Elbe and Ems rivers; it also included part of S Jutland.
		The ducal title of Saxony went to Bernard of Anhalt, a younger son of Albert the Bear of Brandenburg and founder of the Ascanian line of Saxon dukes.
		Duke Maurice of Saxony, a grandson of Albert and a Protestant, received the electoral title in the 16th cent.; it remained in the Albertine branch until the dissolution (1806) of the Holy Roman Empire.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sa/Saxony.html (1068 words)

	Maurice of Nassau - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Maurice of Nassau (in Dutch Maurits van Nassau) (14 November 1567–23 April 1625), Prince of Orange (1618–1625), son of William the Silent and Princess Anna of Saxony, was born at the castle of Dillenburg.
		He was named for his maternal grandfather, the Elector Maurice of Saxony.
		Maurice never married but was the father of illegitimate children by Margaretha van Mechelen and Anna van de Kelder.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Maurice_of_Nassau (465 words)

	Maurice of Saxony (1521-1553) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Duke (1541–53) and later elector (1547–53) of Saxony, whose clever manipulation of alliances and disputes gained the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty extensive lands and the electoral dignity.
		In 1545, he was dissuaded from supporting the Lutheran Schmalkaldic League by an imperial promise of the Saxon electorship, held by Johann Friedrich (1503-1554) the Magnanimous of the rival Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty; Maurice returned to Charles's camp and conquered electoral Saxony.
		Soon, however, Maurice began to resent Charles's plans to reintroduce Catholicism in Germany's Protestant territories and the continued imprisonment of his father-in-law, Philip the Magnanimous, landgrave of Hessen, whose freedom Charles had guaranteed.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/MauriceSaxony/MauriceSaxony.html (268 words)

	Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg894 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Maurice of Saxony WETTIN [Parents] was born 21 Mar 1521.
		Maurice married Agnes of HESSE on 9 Jan 1541.
		Anna of SAXONY was born 23 Dec 1544 and died 18 Dec 1577.
	www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg894.htm (195 words)

	Maurice of Nassau -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He was named for his maternal grandfather, the (Any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) Elector Maurice of Saxony.
		With the religious troubles between Gomarists ((An adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin) Calvinist) and (Adherent of Arminianism) Arminians, the struggle between Van Oldenbarnevelt and Maurice reached a climax.
		Maurice urged his brother (additional info and facts about Frederick Henry) Frederick Henry to marry in order to preserve the dynasty.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/maurice_of_nassau.htm (471 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].
		Saxony sided with the French in 1806 and became the Kingdom of Saxony under Frederick Augustus I....
	www.remmick.org /Remmick.German.Facts/PageS.html (3227 words)

	saxony
		Son of Frederick II the Gentle, Elector of Saxony; on death of father (1464) succeeded to rule jointly with elder brother Ernest; on division of duchy (1485) received eastern and western portions; governor of Netherlands for Holy Roman emperors (1488-93); governor of Friesland (1498-1500).
		Augustus II (1670-1733) `the Strong´ Elector of Saxony (1694-1733) and King of Poland (1697-1733).
		Saxe was an illegitimate son of Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (1694-1733) and, as Augustus II, king of Poland (1697-1733).
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/saxony.htm (1914 words)

	Maurice Of Saxony And Adrienne Lecouvreur
		Their son, Maurice de Saxe, inherited everything that was good in his parents, and a great deal that was less commendable.
		Exceedingly handsome, Maurice was a master of all the arts that pleased, with just a touch of roughness, which seemed not unfitting in so gallant a soldier.
		Maurice de Saxe was eager to secure its throne, which would make him at least semi-royal and the chief of a principality.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles23/famous-people-7.shtml (4628 words)

	Saxony -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The margraves of Meissen acquired (13th-14th cent.) the larger parts of Thuringia and of Lower Lusatia and the intervening territories, and in 1423 Margrave Frederick the Warlike added Electoral Saxony; he became (1425) Elector Frederick I.
		Travel: The Complete Guide To Saxony; Saxony has spent the last 12 years throwing off the yoke of its Communist past.
		Saxony - showcase model case for the east.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Saxony_History.asp (1405 words)

	Maurice, duke and elector of Saxony
		Maurice, 1521–53, duke (1541–47) and elector (1547–53) of Saxony.
		of Saxony, ruler of the Ernestine portion of Saxony.
		In 1553, Maurice was killed in a battle against Albert Alcibiades of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0832285.html (284 words)

	Geographic Terms File 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1423 Electoral Saxony, with the electoral privilege, was conferred on Frederick I, margrave of Meissen.
		In the 17th and 18th centuries Saxony was directly involved in the religious and territorial struggles ravaging Europe.
		Saxony, in east central Germany, occupies basically the same area as the former kingdom.
	www.jaenfield.com /genealogy/Enf_Bry/g7.html (18063 words)

	MuehlbergUK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After the useless campaign of 1546, Charles V used the diversion provided by the entrance of Maurice of Saxony in Saxony to attack one of the main partner of the league, the Elector of Saxony, Johan Fredericks of Saxony.
		Johan Fredericks manage to repulse Maurice forces but with a fast approach the Catholics take by surprise the unprepared John Frederic of Saxony positioned behind the river Elbe near the city of Mühlberg.
		Two of the protestant leaders, the Elector of Saxony and the Duck of Brunswick, were among the prisoners.
	www.geocities.com /ao1617/MuehlbergUK.html (837 words)

	Maurice, duke and elector of Saxony. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		1521–53, duke (1541–47) and elector (1547–53) of Saxony.
		In 1546 he made an agreement with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V by which he was to receive, in return for deserting the Protestants of the Schmalkaldic League, the lands and title of his cousin, Elector John Frederick I of Saxony, ruler of the Ernestine portion of Saxony.
		However, Maurice’s disgust with the emperor’s ill-treatment of the Protestant leader Philip of Hesse, and his still unsatisfied ambition, led him to turn against Charles.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/MauricSax.html (261 words)

	Maurice Of Nassau - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
		Maurice of Nassau, 1567-1625, prince of Orange (1618-25); son of William the Silent
		Maurice took the part of the Calvinists and in 1618 compelled the summoning of the Synod of Dort, which suppressed the Remonstrants.
		Maurice's campaigns after the resumption (1621) of hostilities with Spain met with little success.
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=MauricN (371 words)

	WHKMLA : Maurice of Saxony's Campaign against Innsbruck, 1552
		After the Battle of Mühlberg 1547, the two most prominent leaders of the Lutheran camp, Count Philip of Hessen and Duke John Frederick of (Ernestine) Saxony, were prisoners of the Emperor.
		The Emperor proposed the Augsburg Interim, an attempt to standardize the common core belief of the Empire's Catholic and Lutheran churches, a compromise which reflected the Catholic dominance established in the Schmalkaldic War.
		At the city of Augsburg, the Imperial Diet convened, as Emperor Charles attempted to further proceed with the standardization of the common credo, with the reunification of the church within the Empire.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/military/16cen/campaignof1552.html (532 words)

	Albert The Warlike Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sharing in the attack on the Saxon electorate, Albert was taken prisoner at Rochlitz in March 1547 by John Fredeack, elector of Saxony, but was released as a result of the emperor's victory at the Battle of Mühlberg in the succeeding April.
		He then followed the fortunes of his friend Maurice of Saxony, deserted Charles, and joined the league which proposed to overthrow the emperor by an alliance with Henry II of France.
		These soon became so serious that a league was formed to crush him, and Maurice of Saxony led an army against his former comrade.
	www.biographylibrary.com /biography/Albert_The_Warlike.html (487 words)

	FREIBERG (SAXONY) - LoveToKnow Article on FREIBERG (SAXONY) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		or FREYBERG, a town of Germany in the kingdom of Saxony, on the Munzbach, near its confluence with the Mulde, 19 m.
		Of the original church a magnificent German Romanesque doorway, known as the Golden Gate (Goldene Pforte), survives.
		Adjoining the cathedral is the mausoleum (Begrabniskapelle), built in 1594 in the Italian Renaissance style, in which are buried the remains of Henry the Pious and his successors down to John George IV., who died in 1694.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FR/FREIBERG_SAXONY_.htm (629 words)

	Saxe, Maurice, comte de
		Saxe, Maurice, comte de, 1696–1750, marshal of France, one of the greatest generals of his age.
		Augustus II of Poland and Saxony and Countess Maria Aurora von
		Maurice de Saxe was notorious for his amorous exploits and for his tragic liaison with Adrienne
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0843821.html (178 words)

	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.
		In November Maurice (of Ducal Saxony) invaded the electorate.
		Hastening from southern Germany, John Frederick drove Maurice from the land and took Maurice’s ally, Albert Alcibiades (prince of Bayreuth) prisoner at Rochlitz.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/lutheranism/107948 (478 words)

	ipedia.com: Maurice of Nassau Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, son of William the Silent and Princess Anna of Saxony, was born at the castle of Dillenburg.
		He was named for his maternal grandfather, the Elector Maurice of Saxo...
		Maurice of Nassau (in Dutch Maurits van Nassau) (14 November 1567 - 23 April 1625), Prince of Orange (1618-1625), son of William the Silent and Princess Anna of Saxony, was born at the castle of Dillenburg.
	www.ipedia.com /maurice_of_nassau.html (527 words)

	Saxony - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
		In its current form, Saxony is a federal state of Germany, with its pre-World War II borders reinstated as of Oct., 1990.
		, Saxony was in Frankish times roughly the area in NW Germany between the Elbe and Ems rivers; it also included part of S Jutland.
		of Saxony, a grandson of Albert and a Protestant, received the electoral title in the 16th cent.; it remained in the Albertine branch until the dissolution (1806) of the Holy Roman Empire.
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=Saxony (1135 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Magdeburg
		Capital of the Prussian Province of Saxony, situated on the Elbe; pop.
		Because it would not accept the "Interim" (1548), it was, by the emperor's commands, besieged (1550-51) by the Margrave Maurice of Saxony; it defended itself bravely and retained its religious liberty when peace was declared.
		At the time of the Peace of Prague, this country fell to the share of Prince August of Saxony, and after his death (1680) it was publicly assigned by the Peace of Westphalia to Brandenburg-Prussia (1648), to which it has since belonged, with the exception of the interval of French rule (1807-1814).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09524b.htm (1620 words)

	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.
		George, and in his succession Maurice strove to improve the duchy's administration in cooperation with the estates.
		The estates had the right to approve taxes; Albertine Saxony, with silver mines, pursued a strict financial policy, outlawing the use of (low-quality) foreign coins in the country.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/germany/asaxony14851547.html (608 words)

	The Albertine branch
		He forced Charles to free John Frederick I of Saxony and Philip of Hesse and to conclude (1552) the Treaty of Passau.
		However, Maurice was met by a ball and died at the 11.7.1553, only 31 years old.
		was occupied in its reign with the economic reconstruction of Saxony after the Thirty Years War and initiated the development of the age of the absolutism in Saxony.
	www.die-sachsen-kommen.de /en/alberten.htm (716 words)

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		Maurice and Oldenbarneveldt 127-138 X. From the end of the Twelve Years' Truce to the Peace of Munster, 1621-1648.
		They all professed the Catholic faith, but the marriage of Orange in August, 1561, with a Lutheran, Anne daughter of Maurice of Saxony and granddaughter of Philip of Hesse, was ominous of coming change in William's religious opinions.
		He himself was held to be a lukewarm convert from Catholicism to the doctrines of Augsburg; and his wife was the daughter and heiress of Maurice of Saxony, the champion of Lutheranism.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/4/9/7/14971/14971-8.txt (20472 words)

	The House of Orange
		William I (Maurice) the Silent (April 25,1533- July 10,1584), Heir of his father William I the Rich, and in 1544 Heir of the title "Prince of Orange" after the dead of Rene of Chalon.
		He married 2nd 1561 Anna of Saxony (1544-1577), daughter of Elector Maurice of Saxony, in spite of the opposition of Philip II and of Anne's parents; in 1575 annulled.
		Maurice, the 7th child of William I, became Stadtholder in Holland until his dead in 1625.
	www.geerts.com /holland/orange-house.htm (5235 words)

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