Ernest, Elector of Saxony

Ernest
Elector of Saxony
Reign7 September 1464 – 26 August 1486
PredecessorFrederick II
SuccessorFrederick III
Landgrave of Thuringia
Reign17 September 1482 – 26 August 1486
PredecessorWilliam II
SuccessorFrederick VI
Born24 March 1441
Meissen, Margravate of Meissen, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died26 August 1486(1486-08-26) (aged 45)
Colditz Castle, Margravate of Meissen, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1460; died 1484)
Issue
among others...
Christina, Queen of Denmark
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
Johann, Elector of Saxony
Margarete, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
HouseHouse of Wettin
FatherFrederick II, Elector of Saxony
MotherMargaret of Austria-Styria

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.[1]

  1. ^ Trim 2003, p. 214.