wettin

I know during the Partitions of Poland the Wettin Elector of Saxony, King of the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania apparently wanted to get a Kingdom of Poland dynasticly tied to him and his offspring, without worrying of elections. This involved the Austrians, Prussians, and Russians all...

In 1609 John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, died without an heir. This caused the War of Jülich Succession, ending in a partition of the territory between Brandenburg and Pfalz-Neuburg. This conflict was a prelude to the Thirty Years War; it had a religious component and many of the great...

So i've been thinking lately and what if Maurice, Elector of Saxony, survived enough to father a son and teach him? For some background, Maurice was maybe of one of the best albertine ruler of Saxony and was able to manouver his position to enlarge his territories and gain the electorship from...

Though I think he would have opted to reign under the name George, the man who would become Belgium's first king in OTL was offered previously, and passed on the throne that went to Otto of Bavaria. Suppose Leopold had become King of Greece, does he fare better than Otto did, and what becomes of...

There was an actual attempt in 1840 on the lives of the newlyweds then expecting their first child. Assuming the child is lost too, the king of Hanover was next in line for the throne at that moment. One supposes an earlier George V means no Prussian conquest of Hanover, which completely blows...

I have two questions regarding the 1273 Imperial Election in the Holy Roman Empire. First, what would it have taken for Frederick I the Brave, Margrave of Meissen, to have been elected? Second, why was the Burgrave of Nuremburg able to vote on behalf of Brandenburg, an electorate his family...

During 1519 Imperial election Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, was proposed as compromise candidate and even Pope expressed support for his candidature, although Charles Habsburg eventually won election, as it became custom, that close relative of previous Emperor is elected. Say that...

Frederick Wettin, Grand Master of Teutonic Order, who died aged 37 in 1510, like his successor, Albert Hohenzollern, had family connections with Jagiellons, overlords of Prussia since 1466 peace of Thorn-Frederick's brother, George the Bearded, was married to Barbara, daughter of King Casimir...

The last Askanier elector of Saxony (Albrecht III) died in 1422. He'd married his wife in 1420 and there were no children. His brother and predecessor, Rudolf III, had three sons (Rudolf Jr, Wenzel and Sigmund) but all predeceased him. Of course according to some some sources, Rudi Sr was also...

The Treaty of Leipzig was a dynastical treaty that split the House of Wettin, who ruled Saxony and Thuringia into two cadet branches. One, the Albertine branch, would rule Saxony and the other, the Ernestine branch, would rule Thuringia. Wikipedia says that this: "in the long run obstructed the...