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| | Wettin -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia |
 | | German royal family; from 10th to 15th century acquired Thuringia and Saxony and divided possessions between Ernestine and Albertine branches; in 19th-century duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, of Ernestine branch, provided Leopold I of Belgium, Ferdinand, king consort of Maria II of Portugal, Albert, prince consort of Victoria of England, and Ferdinand, king of Bulgaria. |
 | | Its earliest known ancestors were active in pushing Germany's frontier eastward into formerly Slav territory; and by the end of the 1080s two of their descendants, brothers, held not only the countship of Wettin (on a crossing of the Saale River downstream from Halle), but also, farther... |
 | | It passed to the Saxon house of Wettin in 1243 and was the capital... |
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