Duke of Saxony

E16908

hereditary title noble title

The Duke of Saxony was a historic noble title associated with the rulers and high-ranking princes of the Saxony region in what is now Germany.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Duke of Saxony canonical	37
Albert I, Duke of Saxony	1
Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg	1
Herzog von Sachsen	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hereditary title ⓘ noble title ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Duchy of Saxony ⓘ Electorate of Saxony ⓘ Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ Saxony ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup	Germanic peoples ⓘ surface form: Saxons
associatedWithEvent	Christianization of Saxony ⓘ Reformation in Saxony ⓘ Saxon Wars ⓘ
associatedWithReligion	Lutheranism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
associatedWithTitle	Elector of Saxony ⓘ King of Saxony ⓘ
country	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
femaleEquivalent	Duchess of Saxony ⓘ
feudalStatus	immediate vassal of the Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
governmentalRole	imperial prince ⓘ territorial ruler ⓘ
hasCapitalHistorically	Dresden ⓘ Magdeburg ⓘ Wittenberg ⓘ
hasGender	maleHolder ⓘ
hasHolder	Ascanian dynasty ⓘ Billung dynasty ⓘ House of Wettin ⓘ Ottonian dynasty ⓘ surface form: Liudolfing dynasty House of Welf ⓘ surface form: Welf dynasty
historicalRegion	Lower Saxony ⓘ Saxony ⓘ surface form: Old Saxony Saxony ⓘ surface form: Upper Saxony
languageOfTitle	German ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Germany ⓘ
nobleRank	duke ⓘ prince ⓘ
notableHolder	Duke of Saxony self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Albert I, Duke of Saxony Augustus, Elector of Saxony ⓘ Bernard I, Duke of Saxony ⓘ Frederick the Wise ⓘ surface form: Frederick I, Elector of Saxony Henry the Lion ⓘ Otto the Illustrious ⓘ
originalLanguageForm	Duke of Saxony self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Herzog von Sachsen
partOf	German nobility ⓘ Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Imperial princes of the Holy Roman Empire
succession	hereditary succession ⓘ
titleType	territorial title ⓘ
usedIn	early modern period ⓘ medieval period ⓘ modern period ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward VII → title → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire → originalElectorsIncluded → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

College of Electors → includesOffice → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Duke of Saxony → originalLanguageForm → Duke of Saxony self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herzog von Sachsen

Duke of Saxony → notableHolder → Duke of Saxony self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albert I, Duke of Saxony

Frederick the Wise → nobleTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → title → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Albert I of Belgium → title → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Golden Bull of 1356 → listsElector → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Kurfürstenkollegium → member → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

House of Welf → providedTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Kurfürsten → includedOffice → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Ascanian dynasty → hasTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Billung dynasty → titleHeld → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Duchy of Saxony → titleHolder → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Otto the Illustrious → positionHeld → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Henry the Lion → positionHeld → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

the Wise → nobleTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick III, Elector of Saxony

Elector John of Saxony → positionHeld → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Bernard I, Duke of Saxony → positionHeld → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Bernard I, Duke of Saxony → nobleTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Augustus, Elector of Saxony → nobleTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Duchess of Saxony → associatedWithTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Albert Léopold Clément Marie Meinrad → nobleTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Supplinburg dynasty → hasTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Henry the Fowler → positionHeld → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Brunswick Cathedral → founderTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Bruno, Duke of Saxony → nobleTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony → nobleTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Maurice, Elector of Saxony → positionHeld → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Margrave of Meissen → hasAssociatedTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony → nobleTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony → nobleTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Albert, Duke of Saxony → positionHeld → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg

Albert, Duke of Saxony → title → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony → nobleTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony → nobleTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony → positionHeld → Duke of Saxony ⓘ

Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → nobleTitle → Duke of Saxony ⓘ