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Ernest, Elector of Saxony

1441 - 1486

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Ernest (24 March 1441 – 26 August 1486), known as Ernst in German, was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486. Ernst was the founder and progenitor of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest, Elector of Saxony is the 3,527th most popular politician (down from 3,030th in 2019), the 904th most popular biography from Germany (down from 811th in 2019) and the 260th most popular German Politician.

Ernest, elector of Saxony is most famous for being a prince elector of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also a member of the House of Wettin and the father of Frederick the Great.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ernest, Elector of Saxony ranks 3,527 out of 19,576. Before him are Chung Il-kwon, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Hyrcanus II, Luigi Einaudi, Violeta Chamorro, and U of Goryeo. After him are Bayinnaung, Dingane kaSenzangakhona, Louisa Maria Stuart, Emperor Taizu of Jin, Antiochus XI Epiphanes, and Vukašin of Serbia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1441, Ernest, Elector of Saxony ranks 5. Before him are Ali-Shir Nava'i, Danjong of Joseon, Topa Inca Yupanqui, and Charlotte of Savoy. After him are Martín Alonso Pinzón, Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri, Matteo Maria Boiardo, Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, Antonio de Nebrija, Francisco de Borja, and Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg. Among people deceased in 1486, Ernest, Elector of Saxony ranks 3. Before him are Diogo Cão, and Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg. After him are Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland, Tizoc, Margaret of Austria, Electress of Saxony, Sittişah Hatun, Marco Barbarigo, Margaret of Foix, Aristotele Fioravanti, and Louis I, Count of Montpensier.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernest, Elector of Saxony ranks 904 out of 7,253. Before him are Theodor Fontane (1819), Frederica of Baden (1781), Constantin Fehrenbach (1852), Hardy Krüger (1928), Albert O. Hirschman (1915), and Udo Kier (1944). After him are Joachim Frank (1940), Nastassja Kinski (1961), Hartmut Michel (1948), Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876), Hugo Junkers (1859), and Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (1262).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Ernest, Elector of Saxony ranks 260. Before him are William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493), Alfred Hugenberg (1865), Kurt Zeitzler (1895), Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636), Harald Quandt (1921), and Constantin Fehrenbach (1852). After him are Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876), John George I, Elector of Saxony (1585), Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680), Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809), Ulrich von Jungingen (1360), and Edith Frank (1900).

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