Ernest, Elector of Saxony
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Ernest, known in German as Ernst, was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486. He established the Ernestine line of Saxon princes.
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1381–1428), Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1464–1486) and Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1428–1464); Fürstenzug, Dresden, Germany
Ernest's wife, Elisabeth of Bavaria.
Christina of Saxony
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Christina of Saxony was Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden as the wife of King John.
Ernest, Elector of Saxony
…In Leipzig on 19 November 1460, Ernst married Elisabeth of Bavaria. They had seven children: Christina (25 December 1461, Torgau – 8 December 1521, Odense), married on 6 September 1478 to King John I of Denmark Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (17 January…
Sculpture of Christina from the altarpiece by Claus Berg in St. Canute's Cathedral, c. 1530
Wall sculpture depicting Queen Christina together with her husband King John II and their son Francis