The Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg (German: Herzogtum Sachsen-Wittenberg) was a medieval duchy of the Holy Roman Empire centered at Wittenberg, which emerged...

around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz. In the Golden Bull of 1356, Emperor Charles IV designated the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg an electorate,...

family. This old Duchy of Saxony, as it is called in distinction from the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg, became the centre of the opposition of the German princes...

with effect from 1 July 1876. The Ascanian line of Saxe-Wittenberg became extinct with the death of Elector Albert III in 1422, whereafter Emperor Sigismund...

and Saxe-Wittenberg, the latter obtaining the title of Electors of Saxony by the Golden Bull of 1356. The Saxon stem duchy covered the greater part of present-day...

Saxe-Altenburg (German: Sachsen-Altenburg) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia. It...

Duchy of Saxony 1180–1296 Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg 1296–1356  Electorate of Saxony 1356–1806 Kingdom of Saxony 1806–1815  Kingdom of Prussia 1815–1871  German...

The Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg (German: Herzogtum Sachsen-Lauenburg, called Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) between the 14th and 17th centuries; Danish: Hertugdømmet...

of Saxe-Wittenberg (1296–1356) with the black-yellow imperial colored stripes and green crancelin Duchy of Saxe-Coburg (1596–1633; 1680–1735) Saxe-Meiningen...

the former Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg into the Saxon Electorate by 1423. In the mid 9th century, the area of the later margravate was part of an eastern...