Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg

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The Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg was a medieval principality of the Holy Roman Empire that became notable as the core territory of the later Electorate of Saxony and a key center in early German and Reformation history.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg canonical 5
Saxe-Wittenberg 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf duchy ⓘ
principality ⓘ
associatedWith Golden Bull of 1356 ⓘ
borderedBy Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg ⓘ
linked to: Saxe-Lauenburg

Margraviate of Brandenburg ⓘ
Margraviate of Meissen ⓘ
capital Wittenberg ⓘ
coatOfArms Saxon coat of arms with crancelin ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
currency various medieval German coinages ⓘ
dynasticBranch Ascanian line of Saxe-Wittenberg ⓘ
electoralDignityGrantedBy Golden Bull of 1356 ⓘ
endTime 1356 ⓘ
feudalRank imperial prince ⓘ
governmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
hadImperialStatus prince-electorate-designate of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
hadRuler Albert II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg ⓘ
Eric I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg ⓘ
Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg ⓘ
Rudolf II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg ⓘ
Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg ⓘ
heldTitle Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg ⓘ
historicalEra High Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Saxony ⓘ
importantTown Gräfenhainichen ⓘ
Kemberg ⓘ
Wittenberg ⓘ
language Middle High German ⓘ
laterHistoricalSignificance core territory of the later Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
precursor state to a major center of the Protestant Reformation ⓘ
legalStatus immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
locatedIn Elbe River region ⓘ
linked to: Elbe valley

Upper Saxony ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Germany ⓘ
namedAfter Wittenberg ⓘ
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
playedRoleIn development of the Saxon electoral title ⓘ
territorial fragmentation of medieval Saxony ⓘ
predecessor Duchy of Saxony ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
rulingHouse House of Ascania ⓘ
startTime 1296 ⓘ
successor Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
wasCoreOf Electorate of Saxony ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ascanian dynasty → ruled → Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg ⓘ
Electorate of Saxony → precededBy → Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg ⓘ
Duchy of Saxony → followedBy → Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg ⓘ
House of Ascania → hasMainTerritory → Saxe-Wittenberg ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg
House of Ascania → hasBranch → Saxe-Wittenberg ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg
Northern Holy Roman Empire → hasPart → Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg ⓘ
Obersächsischer Reichskreis → appliesToJurisdiction → Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg ⓘ