Augustus, Elector of Saxony

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Elector of Saxony human member of the House of Wettin prince

Augustus, Elector of Saxony, was a 16th-century German prince of the House of Wettin known for consolidating power in Saxony, promoting Lutheranism, and implementing significant administrative and economic reforms.

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Label Occurrences
Augustus, Elector of Saxony canonical 5
August, Elector of Saxony 1
Elector Augustus of Saxony 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Elector of Saxony ⓘ
human ⓘ
member of the House of Wettin ⓘ
prince ⓘ
burialPlace Freiberg Cathedral ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
countryRuled Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1526-07-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1586-02-11 ⓘ
endTime 1586-02-11 ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
father Henry IV, Duke of Saxony ⓘ
givenName Augustus ⓘ
heritage German ⓘ
implementedPolicy centralization of territorial administration ⓘ
church visitations in Saxony ⓘ
regulation of economy and trade ⓘ
knownFor administrative reforms ⓘ
church organization in Saxony ⓘ
consolidation of power in Saxony ⓘ
economic reforms ⓘ
promotion of Lutheranism ⓘ
support of Protestant orthodoxy ⓘ
languagesSpoken German ⓘ
memberOfDynasty House of Wettin ⓘ
mother Catherine of Mecklenburg ⓘ
nobleRank prince-elector ⓘ
nobleTitle Duke of Saxony ⓘ
Elector ⓘ
participatedIn Holy Roman Empire imperial politics ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
patronage Lutheran theologians ⓘ
Saxon administration ⓘ
placeOfBirth Duchy of Saxony ⓘ
Freiberg ⓘ
placeOfDeath Dresden ⓘ
Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
positionHeld Elector of Saxony ⓘ
predecessor Maurice, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
reign 1553-1586 ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Dresden ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Maurice, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
spouse Anna of Denmark ⓘ
startTime 1553-07-09 ⓘ
successor Christian I, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
workLocation Dresden ⓘ

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Duke of Saxony → notableHolder → Augustus, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
Electorate of Saxony → notableRuler → Augustus, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
House of Wettin → hasNotableMember → Augustus, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
Concordia → compiledUnderAuthorityOf → Augustus, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Elector Augustus of Saxony
Elector of Saxony → notableOfficeHolder → Augustus, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
Maurice, Elector of Saxony → sibling → Augustus, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
this entity surface form: August, Elector of Saxony
Albertine branch of the House of Wettin → notableMember → Augustus, Elector of Saxony ⓘ