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The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony (German: Kurfürstentum Sachsen or Kursachsen), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. Its territory included the areas around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz.
The Duchy of Saxe-Weissenfels – Panorama Schloss Weißenfels. The founder of the ruling family of Weissenfels family, Prince August of Saxony (1614–1680), was the second-born son of the Saxon Elector Johann Georg I and his wife Magdalena Sybilla, Electress of Brandenburg.
This article lists dukes, electors, and kings ruling over different territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 6th century to the end of the German monarchies in 1918.
In 1656, what was now the electorate of Saxe-Meissen sub-divided itself to create Saxe-Merseburg, Saxe-Weissenfels, and Saxe-Zeitz. The agreement was confirmed by Elector John George II and his brothers in 1657, with the aim being to avoid fratricidal disputes over the succession.
Saxe-Weissenfels was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire from 1656/7 until 1746 with its residence at Weißenfels. Ruled by a cadet branch of the Albertine House of Wettin, the duchy passed to the Electorate of Saxony upon the extinction of the line.
Saxe-Weissenfels was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire that existed from 1656 to 1746, with Weissenfels in present-day Saxony-Anhalt as its capital. Ruled by a cadet branch of the House of Wettin, the duchy passed to the Electorate of Saxony on the death of Johann Adolf II of Saxe-Weissenfels in...
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The Upper Saxon Circle (German: Obersächsischer Reichskreis) was an Imperial Circle of the Holy Roman Empire, created in 1512. The circle was dominated by the electorate of Saxony (the circle's director) and the electorate of Brandenburg. It further comprised the Saxon Ernestine duchies and Pomerania.
