THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1296–1422

Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg

The Ascanian duchy of Saxony around Wittenberg on the middle Elbe, split from Saxe-Lauenburg in 1296; the Golden Bull (1356) made its duke an elector. When the line died out in 1422 Emperor Sigismund gave it to the Wettin margrave of Meissen.

See Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg on the map in 1296

On the map
1296–1422
Capital
Wittenberg

Rulers named in the sources

Western and central European states, 430–1956

States of western and central Europe: the Irish kingdoms of Meath, Osraige, Breifne, Thomond, Desmond and Tyrconnell, Pictish Fortriu, the Welsh kingdoms of Dyfed, Ceredigion and Deheubarth, Elmet, the taifas of Málaga, Majorca and Menorca, the prince-bishoprics of Liège and Utrecht, Guelders, Brabant, Namur, Limburg, Luxembourg, Cleves and Jülich, Bar and Provence, the Electoral Palatinate, Mainz, Hesse, the Welf principalities, Württemberg, Baden, Ansbach, Bayreuth, Nuremberg, Salzburg, Meissen, Saxe-Wittenberg, Saxe-Lauenburg, Oldenburg and Pomerania, the Visconti, Gonzaga, Este, Montefeltro and Appiani states, Siena, Lucca and Gaeta, and in the 20th century the four occupation zones of Germany, the Saar Protectorate and the Free Territory of Trieste.

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