Ernest, Elector of Saxony

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Elector of Saxony Wettin dynasty member human member of nobility prince

Ernest, Elector of Saxony was a 15th-century German prince of the Wettin dynasty who ruled the Electorate of Saxony and helped establish it as a significant territorial and political power within the Holy Roman Empire.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ernest, Elector of Saxony canonical	14
Ernest II of Saxony	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Elector of Saxony ⓘ Wettin dynasty member ⓘ human ⓘ member of nobility ⓘ prince ⓘ
burialPlace	Meissen Cathedral ⓘ
child	Adalbert of Saxony ⓘ Christoph of Saxony ⓘ Ernest, Elector of Saxony self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ernest II of Saxony Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ Johann, Duke of Saxony ⓘ Katharina of Saxony ⓘ Margarete of Saxony ⓘ Christoph of Saxony ⓘ surface form: Wolfgang of Saxony
coRulerWith	Albert, Duke of Saxony ⓘ surface form: Albert III, Duke of Saxony
countryOfCitizenship	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1441-03-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1486-08-26 ⓘ
dynasty	House of Wettin ⓘ surface form: Wettin dynasty
father	Frederick II, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
givenName	Ernest ⓘ
heldRank	Prince of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
helpedEstablish	Electorate of Saxony as a major territorial power in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
mother	Margaret of Austria, Electress of Saxony ⓘ
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Wettin ⓘ
nobleTitle	Elector of Saxony ⓘ Landgrave of Thuringia ⓘ
participatedIn	Imperial politics of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Meissen ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Colditz ⓘ
positionHeld	Elector of Saxony ⓘ Landgrave of Thuringia ⓘ
reignEnd	1486 ⓘ
reignStart	1464 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Colditz ⓘ surface form: Colditz Castle Meissen ⓘ
ruledTerritory	Electorate of Saxony ⓘ Thuringia ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	Albert, Duke of Saxony ⓘ surface form: Albert III, Duke of Saxony
significantEvent	Leipzig Partition of the Wettin lands (1485) ⓘ
spouse	Elisabeth of Bavaria ⓘ
timePeriod	15th century ⓘ
titleHolderOf	Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Frederick the Wise → father → Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin → namedAfter → Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin → foundedBy → Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin → hasMember → Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

the Wise → predecessor → Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick III, Elector of Saxony

John the Steadfast → father → Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Elector John of Saxony → father → Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Friedrich III → father → Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

subject surface form: Friedrich III, Elector of Saxony

Ernest, Elector of Saxony → child → Ernest, Elector of Saxony self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ernest II of Saxony

Elisabeth of Bavaria → spouse → Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Elisabeth of Bavaria → relative → Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Ernestine duchies → namedAfter → Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Ernestine House Order → namedAfter → Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony → father → Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Albert, Duke of Saxony → sibling → Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ