Treaty of Leipzig

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The Treaty of Leipzig was a 1485 agreement that divided the Wettin lands between the Ernestine and Albertine branches, reshaping the political landscape of Saxony and central Germany.

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Treaty of Leipzig canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical agreement ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
appliesToRegion Saxony ⓘ
Thuringia ⓘ
countryAtTime Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
dateSigned 1485-08-26 ⓘ
dividedTerritoriesBetween Albertine branch of the House of Wettin ⓘ
Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin ⓘ
dividedTerritoriesOf House of Wettin ⓘ
hasLongTermConsequence basis for later Ernestine duchies in Thuringia ⓘ
division of electoral dignity between Ernestine and Albertine lines ⓘ
rise of Albertine line as main rulers of Saxony ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Middle Ages ⓘ
involvedPerson Albert III, Duke of Saxony ⓘ
Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalStatus dynastic partition treaty ⓘ
mainEffect creation of Albertine Saxony ⓘ
creation of Ernestine Saxony ⓘ
partition of Wettin lands ⓘ
placeSigned Leipzig ⓘ
precedes Reformation in Saxony ⓘ
reshaped political landscape of Saxony ⓘ
political landscape of central Germany ⓘ
resultedIn long-term territorial fragmentation in central Germany ⓘ
separate Ernestine and Albertine lines ⓘ
signatoryDynasty Wettin dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Wettin
subjectOf research on the House of Wettin ⓘ
studies in German territorial history ⓘ
year 1485 ⓘ

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House of Wettin → splitOccurredAtEvent → Treaty of Leipzig ⓘ