Wettin dynasty

German royal house

The Wettin dynasty is a German royal house that ruled Saxony for centuries and supplied monarchs to several European thrones.

Through strategic marriages, Wettins became kings of Poland, Great Britain (the House of Windsor descends from a Wettin branch), Belgium, Portugal, and Bulgaria.

The Wettin dynasty's influence spread across Europe through the 18th and 19th centuries.

ThuringiaGerman federal state
SaxonyGerman state around Dresden
PolandCentral European republic
Holy Roman EmpireMedieval Germanic political entity
Protestant ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity

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Opposites

rival European royal dynasties

Wettin dynastyHohenzollern dynasty

Germanic royal bloodline

Romanov dynasty · Wittelsbach dynasty · Tudor dynasty

political legitimacy source

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Government by elected officials

forms of government/succession

Wettin dynastyrepublic

State with elected leaders

democracy · meritocracy · popular sovereignty · constitutional republic · parliamentary democracy

Family

dynasty, dynasties, dynastic

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