Electorate of Saxony

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early modern German state prince-electorate state of the Holy Roman Empire

The Electorate of Saxony was a significant early modern German state within the Holy Roman Empire, centered on Saxony and known for its influential role in politics, culture, and music.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Electorate of Saxony canonical 376
Electorate of Saxony (Holy Roman Empire) 2
Electorate of Saxony (Ernestine lands) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern German state ⓘ
prince-electorate ⓘ
state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
capital Dresden ⓘ
Torgau ⓘ
Wittenberg ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
createdBy Golden Bull of 1356 ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn German Baroque music ⓘ
Lutheran church music ⓘ
currency Saxon thaler ⓘ
dissolutionYear 1806 ⓘ
dissolvedAsResultOf dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
electoralRank Prince-elector ⓘ
electoralVoteFor Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
electorateCreated 1356 ⓘ
endTime 1806 ⓘ
followedBy Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ
governmentType hereditary principality ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
hasLanguage German ⓘ
hasReligion Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
historicalRegion Meissen ⓘ
Upper Saxony ⓘ
importantCity Chemnitz ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ
Meissen ⓘ
Zwickau ⓘ
knownFor court culture in Dresden ⓘ
important role in the Protestant Reformation ⓘ
patronage of music and the arts ⓘ
strong Lutheran tradition ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
memberOf Upper Saxon Circle ⓘ
notableRuler Augustus II the Strong ⓘ
Augustus III as King of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Augustus III of Poland

Augustus, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
personalUnionPeriod 1697–1763 ⓘ
personalUnionWith Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
precededBy Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg ⓘ
rulingDynasty House of Wettin ⓘ
rulingHouse Albertine branch of the House of Wettin ⓘ
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
startTime 1356 ⓘ

Referenced by (385)

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

Johann Sebastian Bach → countryOfCitizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach → placeOfDeath → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Nine Years' War → hasBelligerent → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Martin Luther → birthPlace → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Martin Luther → deathPlace → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Johann Gottlieb Fichte → birthPlace → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Johann Gottlieb Fichte → countryOfCitizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Second Coalition → hasMember → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Battle of Rossbach → belligerent → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Battle of Rossbach → countryAtTime → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → birthPlace → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz → countryOfCitizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Duke of Saxony → appliesToTerritory → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
English Church in Wittenberg → locatedInCountry → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Luther’s Ninety-five Theses → countryOfOrigin → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
League of Augsburg → country → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
League of Augsburg → hasMember → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Frederick the Wise → countryOfCitizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Frederick the Wise → employer → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Frederick the Wise → associatedWithPlace → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Thirty Years' War → mainBelligerent → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Philip Melanchthon → countryOfCitizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Philip Melanchthon → placeOfDeath → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Book of Concord → publisher → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
German states → includedEntity → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
First Coalition → hasMember → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Treaty of Nymphenburg (1741) → mainParty → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Treaty of Hubertusburg → countryAtSigning → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Treaty of Hubertusburg → signatory → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Renversement des alliances → countryInvolved → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Wittenberg → historicalRegion → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Leopold von Ranke → placeOfBirth → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
War of the Bavarian Succession → belligerent → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Third Silesian War → belligerent → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Novalis → countryOfCitizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Reformation Day → originCountryHistorical → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
September Testament → countryOfPublication → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden → deathPlace → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Samuel Pufendorf → countryOfBirth → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Samuel Pufendorf → citizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Emer de Vattel → employer → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
St John Passion → countryOfFirstPerformance → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Johann Ambrosius Bach → countryOfCitizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Johann Joachim Winckelmann → countryOfCitizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach → citizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach → countryOfCitizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Thomas Müntzer → countryOfCitizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing → countryOfBirth → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing → citizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach → countryOfCitizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ