Ernestineadj.
/ˈəːnɪstʌɪn/ Historical.
Designating the elder or electoral line of the house of Frederick of Saxony, originating from his son Ernest (1441–86).
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Orange1647
Medicean1652
Merovingian1687
Plantagenet1716
Angevin1727
Carlovingian1781
Capetian1836
Ernestine1841
Carolingian1881
Robertine1896
Robertian1897
1841 Penny Cycl. XX. 493/2 Albert and Ernest, who were the founders of the Albertine and Ernestine lines.
1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 515/2 The Ernestine, which was also the elder or electoral line.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 23 Nov. 2/3 The Ernestine line of the House of Saxony to which the late Prince Consort belonged.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 270/1 This deed transferred the electoral title..from the Ernestine to the Albertine branch of the house.
1943 A. J. Grant Hist. Europe 1494–1610 (ed. 3) i. 5 The electoral title went with the Ernestine line.
1962 R. A. G. Carson Coins 366 In the original partition the electorate of Saxony was in the portion of Ernest but was transferred from the Ernestine line to the Albertine by the emperor Charles V in 1547.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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