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House of Wittenberg
German dynasty
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history of Saxony
- In Germany: Northern Germany
…split by partition between the Wittenberg and Lauenburg branches; the Wittenberg line was formally granted an electoral vote by the Golden Bull of 1356. The strength of the duchy lay in the military and commercial qualities of its predominantly free population. But the vigour of its eastward expansion into the…
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