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| | Duchy of Warsaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon's allies, King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony. | | | Similarly, the duchy's constitution refers to it in German as Herzogtum Warschau, and its coins bore the Latin inscription FRID·AVG·REX SAX·DVX VARSOV· (Fridericus Augustus, Rex Saxoniæ, Dux Varsoviæ; "Frederick Augustus, King of Saxony, Duke of Warsaw). | | | Poles expected in 1812 that the duchy would be upgraded to the status of a kingdom and that during Napoleon's march on Russia, it would be joined with the liberated territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Poland's historic partner in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxony |
| | This old Duchy of Saxony, as it is called in distinction from the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, became the centre of the opposition of the German princes to the imperial power during the era of the Franconian or Salian emperors. | | | Schäfer was born at Dingelstädt in the Eichfelde (Prussian Province of Saxony) on 2 May, 1853, and in 1863 his parents settled at Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony. | | | In the treaty between Saxony and Austria of 13 May, 1635, by which Lusatia was transferred to Saxony, the Saxon elector was obliged to grant his special sovereign protection to the Catholic communities of Lusatia and the two convents, the emperor,as suzerain, retaining the supreme right of protection. |
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| | 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). | | | Saxe was an illegitimate son of Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (1694-1733) and, as Augustus II, king of Poland (1697-1733). | | | Son of Frederick of Meissen; duke of Saxony (1382-1428); vigorously opposed Hussites (1420-26); made elector of Saxony by Emperor Sigismund (1423), thus securing electorship for House of Wettin. |
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| | Lower Saxony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Originally the region was simply called Saxony, but as the center of gravity of the Duchy of Saxony gradually moved up the Elbe, towards the present-day states of Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony, the region was given the name of Lower Saxony, which it bore as an Imperial Circle Estate from the late 15th century on. | | | 5 List of minister presidents of Lower Saxony | | | Lower Saxony borders on (from north and clockwise) the North Sea, the states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. |
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| | Electorate of Saxony until 1806 (Germany) |
| | In 1423 margrave Frederick of Meissen, count of Wettin, received the duchy and the electoral dignity of Upper Saxony. | | | Sachsen: Herzogtum, Königreich, Land (Saxony: Duchy, Kingdom, State, German text only) by Gerhard Köbler | | | The later duchy of (Upper) Saxony was formed out of the Saxon palatinate after the duchy of Saxony proper —nowadays Lower Saxony / Niedersachsen— was liquidated in 1180. |
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| | Maurice of Saxony |
| | Maurice, Elector of Saxony, elder son of Henry, Duke of Saxony, belonging to the Albertine branch of the Wettin family, was born at Freiberg on the 21st of March 1521. | | | Duke Henry had decreed that his lands should be divided between his two sons, but as a partition was regarded as undesirable the whole of the duchy came to his elder son. | | | Marching against John Frederick, Charles V, aided by Maurice, gained a decisive victory at Mühlberg in April 1547, after which by the capitulation of Wittenberg John Frederick renounced the electoral dignity in favor of Maurice, who also obtained a large part of his kinsman's lands. |
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| | Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
| | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach A grand duchy in Thuringia, also known in recent times as the Grand duchy of Saxony. | | | United States - Washington DC Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Washington DC, with a history of the country and information about the Grand-Ducal Family. | | | Luxemburg The small remnant of the old duchy of this name and since 11 May, 1867, an independent neutral grand duchy, comprising 998 sq. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxony |
| | This old Duchy of Saxony, as it is called in distinction from the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, became the centre of the opposition of the German princes to the imperial power during the era of the Franconian or Salian emperors. | | | Schäfer was born at Dingelstädt in the Eichfelde (Prussian Province of Saxony) on 2 May, 1853, and in 1863 his parents settled at Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony. | | | In the treaty between Saxony and Austria of 13 May, 1635, by which Lusatia was transferred to Saxony, the Saxon elector was obliged to grant his special sovereign protection to the Catholic communities of Lusatia and the two convents, the emperor,as suzerain, retaining the supreme right of protection. |
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| | Duchy of Warsaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon's allies, King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony. | | | Similarly, the duchy's constitution refers to it in German as Herzogtum Warschau, and its coins bore the Latin inscription FRID·AVG·REX SAX·DVX VARSOV· (Fridericus Augustus, Rex Saxoniæ, Dux Varsoviæ; "Frederick Augustus, King of Saxony, Duke of Warsaw). | | | Article 5 of the Treaty of Tilsit, which created the duchy, the Convention which transferred it to Saxony, and Article 1 of the Act of the Congress of Vienna, which effectively abolished it, all refer to it in French as the "Duché de Varsovie". |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxony |
| | Duke Ernest, the founder of the Ernestine line, received by the Partition of Leipzig the Duchy of Saxony and the electoral dignity united with it, besides the Landgravate of Thuringia; Albert, the founder of the Albertine line, received the Margravate of Meissen. | | | This old Duchy of Saxony, as it is called in distinction from the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, became the centre of the opposition of the German princes to the imperial power during the era of the Franconian or Salian emperors. | | | Schäfer was born at Dingelstädt in the Eichfelde (Prussian Province of Saxony) on 2 May, 1853, and in 1863 his parents settled at Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony. |
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| | Anhalt |
| | The eastern and larger portion of the duchy was enclosed by the Prussian government district of Potsdam (in the Prussian province of Brandenburg), and Magdeburg and Merseburg (belonging to the Prussian province of Saxony). | | | Bernard died in 1212, and Anhalt, separated from Saxony, passed to his son Henry[?], who in 1218 took the title of prince and was the real founder of the house of Anhalt. | | | After World War II it was united with the Prussian parts of Saxony in order to form the new area of Saxony-Anhalt. |
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| | Saxony and Its History |
| | After Henry the Lion, the powerful Duke of Saxony and Bavaria was defeated in 1176 by Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, the boundaries of the duchy were reduced and redrawn to centre it on the middle Elbe with its capital at Wittenberg. | | | As a result, the Congress of Vienna awarded half of Saxony's lands to Prussia in 1815. | | | During the time of King August the Strong and his son August III, who reigned from 1733 to 1763 and was known as Frederick August II the Elector of Saxony, great numbers of royal palaces and burgher houses were built in Dresden. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxony |
| | Duke Ernest, the founder of the Ernestine line, received by the Partition of Leipzig the Duchy of Saxony and the electoral dignity united with it, besides the Landgravate of Thuringia; Albert, the founder of the Albertine line, received the Margravate of Meissen. | | | This old Duchy of Saxony, as it is called in distinction from the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, became the centre of the opposition of the German princes to the imperial power during the era of the Franconian or Salian emperors. | | | Schäfer was born at Dingelstädt in the Eichfelde (Prussian Province of Saxony) on 2 May, 1853, and in 1863 his parents settled at Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxony |
| | This old Duchy of Saxony, as it is called in distinction from the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, became the centre of the opposition of the German princes to the imperial power during the era of the Franconian or Salian emperors. | | | Schäfer was born at Dingelstädt in the Eichfelde (Prussian Province of Saxony) on 2 May, 1853, and in 1863 his parents settled at Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony. | | | In the treaty between Saxony and Austria of 13 May, 1635, by which Lusatia was transferred to Saxony, the Saxon elector was obliged to grant his special sovereign protection to the Catholic communities of Lusatia and the two convents, the emperor,as suzerain, retaining the supreme right of protection. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxony |
| | Henry the Lion refused to aid the Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa in his campaign against the cities of Lombardy in 1176, consequently in 1180 the bann of the empire was proclaimed against Henry at Würzburg, and 1181 the old Duchy of Saxony was cut up at the Diet of Gelnhausen into many small portions. | | | This old Duchy of Saxony, as it is called in distinction from the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, became the centre of the opposition of the German princes to the imperial power during the era of the Franconian or Salian emperors. | | | Schäfer was born at Dingelstädt in the Eichfelde (Prussian Province of Saxony) on 2 May, 1853, and in 1863 his parents settled at Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxony |
| | This old Duchy of Saxony, as it is called in distinction from the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, became the centre of the opposition of the German princes to the imperial power during the era of the Franconian or Salian emperors. | | | Elector Frederick Augustus III (1763-1827) received the title of King of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I. The new kingdom was an ally of France in all the Napoleonic wars of the years 1807-13. | | | Schäfer was born at Dingelstädt in the Eichfelde (Prussian Province of Saxony) on 2 May, 1853, and in 1863 his parents settled at Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony. |
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| | Duchy of Saxony - Free Encyclopedia |
| | 772-804: Emperor Charlemagne starts a 32 year war against the Duchy of Saxony. | | | The Duchy of Saxony was a medevial Duchy covering the greater part of Northern Germany. | | | The Anglo-Saxons came from the later area of the Duchy of Saxony to England. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxony |
| | Duke Ernest, the founder of the Ernestine line, received by the Partition of Leipzig the Duchy of Saxony and the electoral dignity united with it, besides the Landgravate of Thuringia; Albert, the founder of the Albertine line, received the Margravate of Meissen. | | | This old Duchy of Saxony, as it is called in distinction from the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, became the centre of the opposition of the German princes to the imperial power during the era of the Franconian or Salian emperors. | | | Schäfer was born at Dingelstädt in the Eichfelde (Prussian Province of Saxony) on 2 May, 1853, and in 1863 his parents settled at Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxony |
| | Duke Ernest, the founder of the Ernestine line, received by the Partition of Leipzig the Duchy of Saxony and the electoral dignity united with it, besides the Landgravate of Thuringia; Albert, the founder of the Albertine line, received the Margravate of Meissen. | | | This old Duchy of Saxony, as it is called in distinction from the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, became the centre of the opposition of the German princes to the imperial power during the era of the Franconian or Salian emperors. | | | Schäfer was born at Dingelstädt in the Eichfelde (Prussian Province of Saxony) on 2 May, 1853, and in 1863 his parents settled at Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony. |
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| | The Electors of Saxony |
| | After the death of the last Askanian in 1423 Frederick I. received the duchy Saxony-Wittenberg from king Sigmund. | | | On the side of the king he participated 1420 at the Hussit wars and was recompenced January 6th 1423 with the Duchy Saxony-Wittenberg and the Palatine county Saxony. | | | After death of Frederick II 1464 his both sons, Ernest and Albert, first took over the government together. |
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| | Wittenberg |
| | By the Capitulation of Wittenberg, in the same year, John Frederick, representing the Ernestine line of the house of Wettin, ceded the electoral dignity and the duchy of Saxony to Maurice, of the collateral Albertine line. | | | Frederick III, elector of Saxony - Frederick III or Frederick the Wise,1463–1525, elector of Saxony (1486–1525). | | | In 1547 Emperor Charles V captured Wittenberg after the battle of Mühlberg, where Elector John Frederick I of Saxony was captured. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxony |
| | This old Duchy of Saxony, as it is called in distinction from the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, became the centre of the opposition of the German princes to the imperial power during the era of the Franconian or Salian emperors. | | | Schäfer was born at Dingelstädt in the Eichfelde (Prussian Province of Saxony) on 2 May, 1853, and in 1863 his parents settled at Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony. | | | In the treaty between Saxony and Austria of 13 May, 1635, by which Lusatia was transferred to Saxony, the Saxon elector was obliged to grant his special sovereign protection to the Catholic communities of Lusatia and the two convents, the emperor,as suzerain, retaining the supreme right of protection. |
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| | This old Duchy of Saxony, as it is called in distinction from the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, became the centre of the opposition of the German princes to the imperial power during the era of the Franconian or Salian emperors. | | | Schäfer was born at Dingelstädt in the Eichfelde (Prussian Province of Saxony) on 2 May, 1853, and in 1863 his parents settled at Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony. | | | Elector Frederick Augustus III (1763-1827) received the title of King of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I. The new kingdom was an ally of France in all the Napoleonic wars of the years 1807-13. |
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| | Duchy of Saxony - Free Encyclopedia |
| | The Duchy of Saxony was a medevial Duchy covering the greater part of Northern Germany. | | | 919 Henry of Saxony (Henry I the Fowler) is elected as King of Germany. | | | 1059 Ordulf Billung becomes Duke after the death of his father. |
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| | Ancestors and Family of Henry III the Lion of Saxony |
| | The lands of the two bishoprics of Cologne and Paderborn were given to the Archbishop of Cologne as the new Duchy of Westphalia; the eastern part of Saxony was given as a fief to a son of Albert the Bear of Brandenburg. | | | The Duchy of Bavaria was granted to an ally of Frederick's, Otto von Wittelsbach. | | | He broke with Frederick in 1176 and in consequence was deprived of most of his lands and was exiled twice (1181-85; 1189-90). |
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| | Articles - Duchy of Warsaw |
| | The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon& allies, King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony. | | | Similarly, the duchy& constitution refers to it in German as Herzogtum Warschau, and its coins bore the Latin inscription FRID·AVG·REX SAX·DVX VARSOV· (Fridericus Augustus, Rex Saxoniæ, Dux Varsoviæ; "Frederick Augustus, King of Saxony, Duke of Warsaw). | | | King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony was compelled by Napoleon to make his new realm a constitutional monarchy, with a parliament (the Sejm). |
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| | Since a King of Saxony originally bumped Francis of Lorraine out of his own Duchy, perhaps it is fitting that Saxony should take in his ultimate heiress of Tuscany. | | | Under Frederick's son William (XII), Montferrat itself was raised to the status of a Duchy, but then in 1708 it was asorbed by Savoy. | | | With the end of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, the line of the family went elsewhere, as the daughter of the last Duke, Louise, married the last King of Saxony, Frederick Augustus III. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxony |
| | This old Duchy of Saxony, as it is called in distinction from the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, became the centre of the opposition of the German princes to the imperial power during the era of the Franconian or Salian emperors. | | | Schäfer was born at Dingelstädt in the Eichfelde (Prussian Province of Saxony) on 2 May, 1853, and in 1863 his parents settled at Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony. | | | In the treaty between Saxony and Austria of 13 May, 1635, by which Lusatia was transferred to Saxony, the Saxon elector was obliged to grant his special sovereign protection to the Catholic communities of Lusatia and the two convents, the emperor,as suzerain, retaining the supreme right of protection. |
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| | 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). | | | Saxe was an illegitimate son of Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (1694-1733) and, as Augustus II, king of Poland (1697-1733). | | | Son of Frederick of Meissen; duke of Saxony (1382-1428); vigorously opposed Hussites (1420-26); made elector of Saxony by Emperor Sigismund (1423), thus securing electorship for House of Wettin. |
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| | This old Duchy of Saxony, as it is called in distinction from the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, became the centre of the opposition of the German princes to the imperial power during the era of the Franconian or Salian emperors. | | | Schäfer was born at Dingelstädt in the Eichfelde (Prussian Province of Saxony) on 2 May, 1853, and in 1863 his parents settled at Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony. | | | In the treaty between Saxony and Austria of 13 May, 1635, by which Lusatia was transferred to Saxony, the Saxon elector was obliged to grant his special sovereign protection to the Catholic communities of Lusatia and the two convents, the emperor,as suzerain, retaining the supreme right of protection. |
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