#prince dedo of saxony

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Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony with his wife, Princess Sophie (nee Luxembourg), and their sons Prince Dedo and Prince Timo.

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THE BROTHERS

T.R.H. Princes Gero, Dedo and Timo of Saxony

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willkommen-in-germany: Wettin Castle on the Saale river in...

Wettin Castle on the Saale river in Sachsen-Anhalt, Eastern Germany is the ancestral home of the House of Wettin, a dynasty that included several royal families, including that of the current ruling families of Belgium and the UK. In the year 982, Dedo I and Frederick, sons of the count of Hassegau, received lands taken from the Wends, including the Gau of Wettin. Today’s castle is a rebuilt ruin, used to house a school and other public institutions, but other 15th century castles owned by the Wettin family still exist in Meissen and on the Elbe river. The House of Wettin is a dynasty of German counts, dukes, prince-electors and kings that once ruled territories of present-day German states of Saxony and Thuringia for 953 years. The royal house is one of the oldest of Europe. The Wettins gradually rose to power within the Holy Roman Empire. Members of the family became the monarchs of several medieval states, starting with Saxon Eastern March in 1030. Other states they gained were Meissen in 1089, Thuringia in 1263 and Saxony in 1423. The family divided into 2 ruling branches in 1485 by 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 Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The Albertine branch, while less prominent, ruled the most of Saxony and played a part in Polish history. Agnates of the House of Wettin have, at various times, ascended the thrones of Great Britain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Poland, Saxony, and Belgium. Only the British and Belgian lines retain their thrones today.