Elector of Saxony

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imperial elector noble rank princely title

The Elector of Saxony was a powerful German prince of the Holy Roman Empire who held one of its key electoral votes and played a central role in the political and religious developments of the Reformation era.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Elector of Saxony canonical	19
Electors of Saxony	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	imperial elector ⓘ noble rank ⓘ princely title ⓘ
abolishedBy	dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedWithTerritory	Duchy of Saxony ⓘ Electorate of Saxony ⓘ Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
basisOfElectoralStatus	Golden Bull of 1356 ⓘ
convertedTo	Catholicism under Frederick Augustus I ⓘ
country	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
existedUntil	1806 ⓘ
gainedElectoralDignityIn	1356 ⓘ
grantedBy	Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
hasCapital	Dresden ⓘ
hasEarlierCapital	Torgau ⓘ Wittenberg ⓘ
hasElectoralVoteIn	Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
hasPrivilege	right to elect the King of the Romans ⓘ right to participate in imperial diets ⓘ
hasTitleHolderRole	prince of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
heldBy	Albertine line ⓘ surface form: Albertine line of the House of Wettin Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin ⓘ surface form: Ernestine line of the House of Wettin House of Wettin ⓘ
keyEvent	Reformation in Saxony ⓘ Schmalkaldic War ⓘ
laterPersonalUnionWith	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
lostElectoralDignityIn	1547 ⓘ
lostElectoralDignityTo	Albertine branch of the House of Wettin ⓘ surface form: Albertine line of Wettin
notableOfficeHolder	Augustus, Elector of Saxony ⓘ Christian I, Elector of Saxony ⓘ Christian II, Elector of Saxony ⓘ Frederick Augustus I of Saxony ⓘ surface form: Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony Frederick Augustus II, Elector of Saxony ⓘ Frederick Augustus III of Saxony ⓘ surface form: Frederick Augustus III, Elector of Saxony Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ⓘ John George I, Elector of Saxony ⓘ John George II, Elector of Saxony ⓘ John George III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ John George IV, Elector of Saxony ⓘ John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ⓘ surface form: John, Elector of Saxony Maurice, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
partOf	College of Electors ⓘ surface form: Electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire
politicalInfluence	major territorial prince in central Germany ⓘ
protected	Luther’s exile at Wartburg Castle ⓘ surface form: Martin Luther at Wartburg Castle
rankInEmpire	one of seven prince-electors ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	early Lutheran stronghold ⓘ
religiousRole	protector of Lutheran Reformation ⓘ
succeededByTitle	King of Saxony ⓘ
supported	Martin Luther ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

University of Wittenberg → governedBy → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Prince-elector → hasPart → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Ascanian dynasty → hasTitle → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

King of Saxony → replaces → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

the Wise → positionHeld → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick III, Elector of Saxony

Heinrich Schütz → employer → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Friedrich III → positionHeld → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

subject surface form: Friedrich III, Elector of Saxony

Ernest, Elector of Saxony → positionHeld → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Ernest, Elector of Saxony → nobleTitle → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Old Masters Picture Gallery → foundedBy → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electors of Saxony

Anne of Gorizia-Tyrol → spouseTitle → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

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

Margrave of Meissen → hasAssociatedTitle → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Margrave of Meissen → hasSuccessorOffice → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony → positionHeld → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony → positionHeld → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Offices of the Holy Roman Empire → hasPart → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony → positionHeld → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Upper Saxony → governedBy → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Albertine branch of the House of Wettin → hasPart → Elector of Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Electors of Saxony

Albertine branch of the House of Wettin → hasTitle → Elector of Saxony ⓘ