![]() Copyright © 2022, Columbia University Press. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. The Albertine line ruled in Saxony, obtaining hereditary royal rank in 1806 it also ruled Poland from 1697 to 1763 (see Augustus II Augustus III). In 1425 Frederick the Warlike granted them protection for a yearly fee however, during the course of the Hussite Wars (see Hussites), Frederick the Mild. Contents 1 Early life 2 Personal rule 3 Family 4 References 5 Sources 6 External links Early life edit Frederick was born on 30 November 1310 in Gotha. A cousin of Prince Albert married Queen Maria II of Portugal and became king consort as Ferdinand II of Portugal. Frederick II ( German: Friedrich 30 November 1310 18 November 1349) was the margrave of Meissen from 1323 until his death. The English house changed its name to Windsor the Bulgarian branch was deposed in 1946. From the branch of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha the Belgian, the English, and the Bulgarian dynasties were descended through, respectively, Leopold I of the Belgians, Prince Albert (consort of Queen Victoria), and Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Frederick I, the Belligerent or the Warlike, a member of the House of Wettin, ruled as Margrave of Meissen from 1407 and Elector of Saxony from 1423 until. In 1918, when the house of Wettin was deposed in Thuringia and Saxony, its Thuringian holdings consisted of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, a grand duchy (see under Saxe-Weimar), and of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (see under Saxe-Coburg), Saxe-Meiningen, and Saxe-Altenburg, which were duchies. Frederick I or Frederick the Warlike, 13701428, elector of Saxony (142328). The Ernestine line retained its possessions in Thuringia but split into several collateral branches. The electoral title and most of Saxony passed in 1547 from the Ernestine to the Albertine line. The most important division (1485) established the Ernestine line and the Albertine line, named for Frederick II's sons Ernest and Albert. The Wettin holdings were repeatedly subdivided. In 1423, Frederick the Warlike of Meissen was granted Saxony and became (1425) elector of Saxony as Frederick I. ![]() It acquired (c.1100) the margravate of Meissen and soon expanded its domains to include most of Saxony and Thuringia. as leaders in the German drive to the east, which made Saxony and Lusatia German. The family gained prominence in the 10th cent. Portal to the Princes Chapel, Meissen Cathedral Frederick I, the Belligerent or the Warlike ( German: Friedrich der Streitbare 11 April 1370 4 January 1428), a member of the House of Wettin, ruled as Margrave of Meissen from 1407 and Elector of Saxony (as Frederick I) from 1423 until his death. Read More Austrian flag In flag of Austria from the seal of Duke Frederick II in 1230. It takes its name from a castle on the Saale near Halle. (the Glorious) and his successor, Frederick II (the Warlike), the last representative of the dynasty, extended their domains farther south, gaining fiefs in Carniola. Wettin vĕt´ĭn, German dynasty, which ruled in Saxony, Thuringia, Poland, Great Britain, Belgium, and Bulgaria. Tomb of Frederick the Warlike Furstenkapelle, Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Meissen, Germany. ![]()
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