Ernest of Saxony Wettin, Elector of Saxony^[1]

1441 - 1486  (45 years)

• Name	Ernest of Saxony Wettin
  Suffix	Elector of Saxony
  Birth	24 Mar 1441
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1464
  Death	26 Aug 1486
  Notes	See Europäisch Stammtafeln Band I tafel 46. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal03840 Son of Frederick II, divided Saxony with his brother Albert, taking «u»Wittenberg <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittenberg>«/u», northern Meissen, and southern Thuringia. Inherited «u»Thuringia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuringia>«/u» in «u»1482«/u» and ruled it jointly with Albert until 1485. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Saxony#Kings_of_Saxony
  Person ID	I8625	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2008

  
  

  Father	Frederick II the Gentle Wettin, Elector of Saxony,   b. 22 Aug 1412   d. 7 Sep 1464 (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F3585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Christina of Saxony Wettin,   b. 25 Dec 1461   d. 8 Dec 1521 (Age 59 years)   2. Frederick III the Wise Wettin, Elector of Saxony,   b. 17 Jan 1463   d. 5 May 1525 (Age 62 years)   3. John the Constant of Saxony Wettin, Elector of Saxony,   b. 30 Jun 1468   d. 16 Aug 1532 (Age 64 years)   4. Margaret of Saxony Wettin,   b. 4 Aug 1469   d. 7 Dec 1528 (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F3584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

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• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).