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Ernst, Elector of Saxony
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Founder of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes, ancestor of Prince Consort, born at Altenburg; was kidnapped along with his brother Albert in 1455, an episode famous in German history as the "Prinzenraub" (i. e . the stealing of the prince); succeeded his father in 1464; annexed Thüringia in 1482, and three years later shared his territory with his brother Albert (1441-1486).
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Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ernst, Elector of Saxony'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/e/ernst-elector-of-saxony.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ernst, Elector of Saxony'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/e/ernst-elector-of-saxony.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
