Information
Name: Electorate of Saxony (Ernestines)
Type: Polity
Nation: saxony (ernestines)
Start: 1485
End: 1547
Groups:
Holy Roman Empire
Electorate of Saxony (Ernestines): All Data
This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.
The Partition of Leipzig was signed on 11 November 1485 between Elector Ernest of Saxony and his younger brother Albert III, the sons of Elector Frederick II of Saxony from the House of Wettin. The agreement divided the Wettin lands into a Saxon and a Thuringian part. The Ernestine Line received the Electoral status.
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