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People: Maurice of Wettin
Topic: Scotland: Famine of the 1780s
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Maurice of Wettin

Duke and later Elector of Saxony
Years: 1521 - 1553

Maurice (21 March 1521 – 9 July 1553) is Duke (1541–47) and later Elector (1547–53) of Saxony.

His clever manipulation of alliances and disputes gains the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty extensive lands and the electoral dignity.