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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 to 1806 initially centred on Wittenberg that came to include areas around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz. It was a major Holy Roman state, being an electorate and the origina… See more

    Establishment of the Electorate

    From the end of the 12th to the middle of the 13th century, a narrow circle of imperial electors emerged that succeeded … See more

    Beginning of Wettin rule

    Since the ruler's place of residence and his visibility to the people gained in importance in the early phase of the Renaissance, the Wettins created a new seat in the Dresden valley of the Elbe towards the end of the 15th centur… See more

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    StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire and Imperial Electorate · Personal union with Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1697–1706 and 1709–1763)
    CapitalWittenberg (1356–1547) · Dresden (1547–1806)
    ReligionDominant confession: Roman Catholic (until 1520s), Lutheran (from 1520s) · Elector: Roman Catholic until 1525, then Lutheran until 1697, then again Roman Catholic since 1697
    GovernmentFeudal monarchy
    The Reformation

    When Martin Luther posted his 95 theses in Wittenberg in 1517, the electoral district and Ernestine possessions of Saxony became the focus of European attention since it was there that the first phase of the Protestant Reformation was … See more

    Thirty Years' War

    The 1618 Defenestration of Prague, in which angry Protestants threw Catholic officials out of a window of Prague Castle, marked the end of a long period of religious peace. Elector John George I (r. 1611–1656) joined the e… See more

    Augustan Age

    On 27 April 1694 the prince who until then had scarcely made an appearance took over the affairs of state of Saxony as Elector Frederick Augustus I (r. 1694–1733), better known as Augustus II the Strong. Festivities, … See more

    Rétablissement and transformation to a kingdom

    The Electorate stood on the verge of national bankruptcy after the Hubertusburg Peace. The national debt had reached 49 million thalers, about ten times the year's state revenue. Thomas von Fritsch and the restoration … See more

    Bibliography

    Sources in German:
    • Reiner Groß: Die Wettiner. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-018946-1.
    • Reiner Groß (Hrsg.): Landtage in Sachsen 1438–1831. Beiträge auf dem von der Profess… See more

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