House of Wettin-Wittenberg: Difference between revisions

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Cadet branch of the House of Wettin

Coat of Arms
House of Saxe-Wittenberg
Landgraves of Thuringia
Dukes of Saxe-Wittenberg
Dukes and Electors of Saxony
Arch-Marshals of the Holy
Roman Empire
In 1547 lost Electorate of Saxony to their cousins of Albertine line
House of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach
Landgraves of Thuringia
Dukes of Saxe-Coburg and
Saxe-Eisenach
After 1547

Cadet Branches
House of Saxe-Weimar
Dukes of Saxe-Weimar
and Saxe-Jena
Issued from Johann Wilhelm, 2nd son of Johann Friedrich I, Elector of Saxony

Personal Arms
Friedrich II of Saxony
Elector of Saxony
1428-1464
Landgrave of Thuringia
1440-1445
Friedrich III of Saxony
Elector of Saxony
1486-1525
Ernest of Saxony
Archbishop of Magdeburg
1476-1513
Administrator of the Bishopric of Halberstadt
1480-1513
2nd son of Ernst, Elector of Saxony
Adalbert of Saxony
Administrator of the Archbishopric of Mainz
1482-1484
3rd son of Ernst, Elector of Saxony
John Frederick I of Saxony
Elector of Saxony
1532–1547
Duke of Saxony
1547–1554

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-Wettin Sachsen.svg|House of Saxe-Wittenberg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Landgraves of Thuringia<br>Dukes of Saxony<br>Referred to as ''Ernestine branch'' of Wettin family</span>
+John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony.svg|House of Saxe-Wittenberg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Landgraves of Thuringia<br>Dukes of Saxe-Wittenberg<br>Dukes and Electors of Saxony<br>Arch-Marshals of the Holy<br> Roman Empire<br>In 1547 lost Electorate of Saxony to their cousins of [[House of Wettin-Meissen|Albertine line]]</span>
-Kurfürsten von Sachsen.svg|House of Wettin-Wittenberg<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Landgraves of Thuringia<br>Dukes of Saxe-Wittenberg<br>Electors of Saxony<br>In 1527 lost Electorate of Saxony to their cousins of [[House of Wettin-Meissen|Albertine line]]</span>
+Saxe-Coburg.svg|House of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Landgraves of Thuringia<br>Dukes of Saxe-Coburg and<br> Saxe-Eisenach<br>After 1547</span>
-Sachsen-Weimar.svg|House of Saxe-Weimar<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Dukes of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Altenburg<br>Burgraves of Altenburg<br>Arms after 1527</span>
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-Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach.svg|House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Dukes of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach<br>Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach<br>Issued from William, 5th son of John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar</span>
+Saxe-Weimar.svg|[[House of Saxe-Weimar]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Dukes of Saxe-Weimar<br> and Saxe-Jena<br>Issued from Johann Wilhelm, 2nd son of Johann Friedrich I, Elector of Saxony</span>
-Sachsen-Altenburg.svg|[[House of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Dukes of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg<br>Issued from Ernest, 9th son of John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar</span>
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-Adalbert of Saxony.svg|Adalbert of Saxony<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Administrator of the Archbishopric of Mainz<br>1482-1484<br>3rd son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony</span>
+Frederick II, Elector of Saxony.svg|Friedrich II of Saxony<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Elector of Saxony<br>1428-1464<br>Landgrave of Thuringia<br>1440-1445</span>
+Frederick III, Elector of Saxony.svg|Friedrich III of Saxony<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Elector of Saxony<br>1486-1525</span>
+File:Ernest of Saxony, Archbishop of Magdeburg.svg|Ernest of Saxony<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Archbishop of Magdeburg<br>1476-1513<br>Administrator of the Bishopric of Halberstadt<br>1480-1513<br>2nd son of Ernst, Elector of Saxony</span>
+Adalbert of Saxony.svg|Adalbert of Saxony<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Administrator of the Archbishopric of Mainz<br>1482-1484<br>3rd son of Ernst, Elector of Saxony</span>
+Johann Friedrich I. von Sachsen.svg|John Frederick I of Saxony<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Elector of Saxony<br>1532–1547<br>Duke of Saxony<br>1547–1554</span>
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