Sentence examples for elector of from inspiring English sources

Albert was the son of Frederick II, elector of Saxony.

Charles declared war on John Frederick I, elector of Saxony.

He became elector of Saxony on his father's death (1733).

He succeeded his father as elector of Hanover in 1698.

The powerful Protestant elector of Saxony refused to join, and by 1617, when the union came up for renewal, several members had defected (notably the elector of Brandenburg).

Its gilt monogram, C. T., is for Carl Theodore, Elector of Palatinate (1742-1799), in Bavaria.

In 1546 Duke Maurice, elector of Saxony, appointed Agricola burgomaster (mayor) of Chemnitz.

The Electorate was ruled by an archbishop prince-elector of the empire.

In December 1582, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, the Prince-elector of Cologne, converted to Protestantism.

In 1589, Ernst of Bavaria became uncontested Prince-elector of Cologne, the first Wittelsbach to hold the position.

In some cases (especially in treaties), the formula "Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire" was added before the phrase "etc".