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Augustus, Elector of Saxony
German prince (1526-1586)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 31 July 1526
- Died
- 11 February 1586
- Place of birth
- Freiberg
- Place of death
- Dresden
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Augusto
- Father
- Henry IV
- Mother
- Catherine of Mecklenburg
- Child
- Elisabeth of Saxony, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Dorothea of Saxony, Anna of Saxony, Alexander von Sachsen, Johann Heinrich von Sachsen, Magnus von Sachsen, Joachim von Sachsen, Hector von Sachsen, Princess Marie of Saxony, Amalia von Sachsen, August von Sachsen
- Sibling
- Sidonie of Saxony, Emilie of Saxony, Sibylle of Saxony, Maurice of Saxony, Severinus of Saxony
- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- Prince-Elector of Saxony
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- depicted by
- August, Elector of Saxony
- described by source
- Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, 1st volume, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Dresdner Hefte
- educated at
- Leipzig University
- family
- House of Wettin, Albertine branch
- name in native language
- August von Sachsen
- noble title
- margrave
- place of burial
- Freiberg Cathedral
- significant person
- Philipp Melanchthon
Connected on Wikidata
Subject of
- August, Kurfürst von Sachsen
- Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526-1586)
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Augustus I.
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- Das erste Dresdner lutherische Gesangbuch 1593
- The New International Encyclopædia/Augustus
- Portrait of Prince Elector August of Saxony
- Portrait of Prince Elector August of Saxony
- August, Elector of Saxony
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