That family first gained control over this polity when it was bestowed to Frederick the Warlike.
A medieval polity of this name was divided between the Albertine and Ernestine branches of its ruling family in 1485. That family first gained control over this polity when it was bestowed to Frederick the Warlike. This polity's leader John George I represented the Protestant states at the Treaty of Prague during the Thirty Year's War. One elector of this polity fought against Stanislaw (*) Leszczynski for the right to succeed Augustus the Strong in the War of the Polish Succession. It's not Bavaria, but Henry the Lion also served as Duke of this polity which, like Thuringia, was later ruled by the House of Wettin. The capital of this present-day state was razed in February, 1945 by allied firebombing. For 10 points, name this German state which contains the city of Leipzig and has its capital at Dresden.
A medieval polity of this name was divided between the Albertine and Ernestine branches of its ruling family in 1485.
Saxony [or Sachsen, do not accept Saxony-Anhalt or Lower Saxony or Niedersachsen]