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Also Known As Sachsen • Saxe

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War of the Grand Alliance
King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden at the Battle of Breitenfeld
Battle of Breitenfeld
Map showing Schleswig-Holstein and surrounding regions after the Seven Weeks' War in 1866. Schleswig and Holstein are highlighted, with boundaries from 1866 marked, and neighboring areas labeled as Prussia, Denmark, and other German states. Current international boundaries and major cities such as Kiel, Lubeck, and Hamburg are indicated.
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Schmalkaldic League

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Key People

Henry III, detail of a sandstone figure from his tomb, 1227; in the Cathedral of St. Blasius, Brunswick
Henry III
duke of Bavaria and Saxony
Jakob Böhme
Jakob Böhme
German mystic
Georgius Agricola.
Georgius Agricola
German scholar and scientist
Freiherr von Pufendorf
Samuel, baron von Pufendorf
German jurist and historian
Friedrich Ferdinand, Graf von Beust.
Friedrich Ferdinand, Graf von Beust
prime minister of Austria
Augustus II
Augustus II
king of Poland and elector of Saxony
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John George I of Saxony
elector of Saxony
Statue of Bishop Ansgar wearing ornate robes and a mitre, holding a model of a church and a bishop's staff, set against a brick wall in Hamburg, Germany.
St. Ansgar
missionary and archbishop
Bruno Hauptmann, handcuffed to Sheriff Curtis, stands between Curtis and lawyer Frederick Pope as they leave Hunterdon County jail, surrounded by several men in hats and coats.
Bruno Hauptmann
German-American convict
“Father of gymnastics”
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
German educator
Grumbach, engraving by Matthias Zündt
Wilhelm von Grumbach
German knight
Johann Agricola
Johann Agricola
German theologian
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Wolfgang Ratke
German educator
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Augustus
elector of Saxony
Albert
Albert
king of Saxony
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Albert Of Saxony
German philosopher
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Edith Hamilton
American author and educator
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Adalbert
archbishop of Bremen
John Frederick the Magnanimous, portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder; in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
John Frederick
elector of Saxony
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Ascanian Dynasties
German history