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House of Wettin
Country
Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom
Founded
10th century
Founder
Theodoric I
Current head
Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Titles
List
Ernestine branch: (see more)
Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
King of the Belgians
King of Portugal
King/Queen of the United Kingdom
Tsar of Bulgaria
Albertine branch: (see more)
King of Saxony
King of Poland
Grand Duke of Lithuania
Duke of Warsaw
Duke of Courland
Duke of Teschen
Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
Branches
Ernestine branch
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Windsor
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry
Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (extinct)
Bulgarian Line
Saxe-Coburg and Braganza
Belgium
Albertine branch
Saxe-Gessaphe
Saxony
The House of Wettin (German: Haus Wettin) was a dynasty of German kings, prince-electors, dukes, and counts that once ruled territories in the present-day German states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The dynasty is one of the oldest in Europe, and its origins can be traced back to the town of Wettin, Saxony-Anhalt. The Wettins gradually rose to power within the Holy Roman Empire. Members of the family became the rulers of several medieval states, starting with the Saxon Eastern March in 1030. Other states they gained were Meissen in 1089, Thuringia in 1263, and Saxony in 1423. These areas cover large parts of Central Germany as a cultural area of Germany.
The family divided into two ruling branches in 1485 by the Treaty of Leipzig: the Ernestine and Albertine branches. The older Ernestine branch played a key role during the Protestant Reformation. Many ruling monarchs outside Germany were later tied to its cadet branch, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The Albertine branch, while less prominent, ruled most of Saxony and played a part in Polish history.
Agnates of the House of Wettin have, at various times, ascended the thrones of the United Kingdom, Portugal, Bulgaria, Poland, Saxony, Mexico and Belgium. Only the Belgian line retains their throne today.
The HouseofWettin (German: Haus Wettin) was a dynasty of German kings, prince-electors, dukes, and counts that once ruled territories in the present-day...
known as Thierry) was a nobleman in the Duchy of Saxony, and the oldest traceable member of the HouseofWettin. Theodoric was born in the early 10th century...
were members of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha branch of the HouseofWettin by virtue of their descent from Albert, Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria...
new coat-of-arms of Saxony (). The later rulers of the HouseofWettin adopted the Ascanian coat-of-arms. After the division, the counting of the dukes...
Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of Germany (not Wettin) 1298–1307 Albert of Habsburg, King of Germany (not Wettin) 1298–1307 Theodoric IV, Margrave of Lusatia...
is a German princely family of the HouseofWettin. The name derives from the progenitor of the line, Albert III, Duke of Saxony. The Albertine branch...
Wettin may refer to: HouseofWettin, a German Royal HouseWettin Castle, near Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, ancestral seat of the HouseofWettin Asteroid...
passed to the HouseofWettin. The electoral privilege was tied only to the Electoral Circle, specifically the territory of the former Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg...
of the Meissen china factory) to their coat of arms. When the line became extinct in 1422, the arms and electoral dignity were adopted by the Wettin by...
Elector of Hanover (1629–1698), father of King George I of Great Britain Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück, son of the...
ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who belonged to the Albertine branch of the HouseofWettin. His mother was Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth...
historic center of Dresden, Germany. It is one of the burial sites of the HouseofWettin, including Polish monarchs. The Hofkirche stands as one of Dresden's...
Ida ofWettin (Czech: Ida Wettinská, German: Ida von Wettin, also Hidda von Eilenburg; born c. 1031; died after 1061), a member of the Saxon Houseof Wettin...
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, dynast of a ducal branch of the HouseofWettin senior patrilineally to the royal branch. After the early death of Prince Johannes, the...
1310. Upon the extinction of the line in the late 16th century, most of the territory was inherited by the Saxon HouseofWettin and subsequently incorporated...
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