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Ernest of Saxony
Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 24 March 1441
- Died
- 26 August 1486
- Place of birth
- Meissen
- Place of death
- Colditz
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Ernst
- Father
- Frederick II
- Mother
- Margaret of Austria
- Child
- Christina of Saxony, Frederick III of Saxony, John, Elector of Saxony, Margaret of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Ernest II of Saxony, Adalbert III of Saxony, Wolfgang von Sachsen
- Sibling
- Albert III, Duke of Saxony, Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Margaret of Sachsen, Amalia of Saxony, Anna of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg
- Occupation
- aristocrat
- Position held
- Prince-Elector of Saxony, Herzog, landgrave
- Citizenship
- Holy Roman Empire
- Religion
- Catholicism
- cause of death
- horse fall
- described by source
- Svensk uppslagsbok, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- family
- House of Wettin, Ernestine line
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- manner of death
- accidental death
- name in native language
- Ernst von Sachsen
- noble title
- duke
- place of burial
- Meissen Cathedral
- relative
- Maximilian I, Albert III, Duke of Bavaria
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