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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Electors of Saxony 1
arms of the Electorate of Saxony 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern German state ⓘ
prince-electorate ⓘ
state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
capital Dresden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Torgau NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType hereditary principality ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
hasLanguage German ⓘ
hasReligion Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
historicalRegion Meissen ⓘ
Upper Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
importantCity Chemnitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ
Meissen ⓘ
Zwickau NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor court culture in Dresden ⓘ
important role in the Protestant Reformation ⓘ
patronage of music and the arts ⓘ
strong Lutheran tradition ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
personalUnionPeriod 1697–1763 ⓘ
personalUnionWith Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
rulingDynasty House of Wettin NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 (98)

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

Paul Luther → countryOfCitizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Philip Melanchthon → countryOfCitizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Thomas Müntzer → countryOfCitizenship → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Johann Christoph Gottsched → countryOfDeath → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
St John Passion → countryOfFirstPerformance → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Cello Suites → countryOfOrigin → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Christmas Oratorio → countryOfOrigin → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Luther's Large Catechism → countryOfOrigin → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Luther’s Ninety-five Theses → countryOfOrigin → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
On the Freedom of a Christian → countryOfOrigin → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
September Testament → countryOfPublication → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Anna of Saxony → deathPlace → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden → deathPlace → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Martin Luther → deathPlace → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Emer de Vattel → employer → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Frederick the Wise → employer → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
St Matthew Passion → firstPerformanceCountry → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister → foundedBy → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electors of Saxony
Nine Years' War → hasBelligerent → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
First Coalition → hasMember → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
League of Augsburg → hasMember → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Second Coalition → hasMember → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Lusatia → historicalAffiliation → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Wittenberg → historicalRegion → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
German states → includedEntity → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Silesian Wars → involved → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
University of Wittenberg → locatedIn → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
English Church in Wittenberg → locatedInCountry → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Pirna → locatedInFormerState → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Thirty Years' War → mainBelligerent → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Treaty of Nymphenburg (1741) → mainParty → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Battle of Hohenfriedberg → opposingCountry → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Reformation Day → originCountryHistorical → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
War of the Jülich Succession → participant → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Benedikt Carpzov the Younger → placeOfActivity → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Hans Lufft → placeOfActivity → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Katharina von Bora → placeOfBirth → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Leopold von Ranke → placeOfBirth → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Johann Sebastian Bach → placeOfDeath → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Katharina von Bora → placeOfDeath → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Philip Melanchthon → placeOfDeath → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Book of Concord → publisher → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Hans Luther → residence → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Ascanian dynasty → ruled → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
House of Wettin → ruledTerritory → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
Treaty of Hubertusburg → signatory → Electorate of Saxony ⓘ