Rulers
| Ferdinand I of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor from 1558 | 1526–1562 |
| Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor from 1564 | 1562–1576 |
| Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor | 1576–1611 |
| Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor from 1512 | 1611–1617 |
| Frederick of the Palatinate (the "Winter King") | 1619/20 |
| Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor from 1619 | 1617–1635 |
| John George I | 1635–1656 |
| John George II | 1656–1680 |
| John George III | 1680–1691 |
| John George IV | 1691–1694 |
| Frederick Augustus I, "the Strong", King of Poland from 1697 | 1694–1733 |
| Frederick Augustus II, King of Poland | 1733–1763 |
| Frederick Christian | 1763 |
| Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxony from 1806 | 1763-1815 |
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Famous quotes containing the word rulers:
“Of the best rulers The people only know that they exist; The next best they love and praise The next they fear; And the next they revile. When they do not command the people’s faith, Some will lose faith in them, And then they resort to oaths! But of the best when their task is accomplished, their work done, The people all remark, “We have done it ourselves.””
—Lao-Tzu (6th century B.C.)
“For believe me!—the secret to harvesting the greatest abundance and the greatest enjoyment from existence is this—living dangerously! Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships into uncharted seas! Live at war with your peers and yourselves! Be robbers and conquerors, so long as you cannot be rulers and possessors, you knowing ones! The time will soon be past when you could be content to live hidden in the forests like timid deer.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“I walk toward one of our ponds; but what signifies the beauty of nature when men are base? We walk to lakes to see our serenity reflected in them; when we are not serene, we go not to them. Who can be serene in a country where both the rulers and the ruled are without principle? The remembrance of my country spoils my walk. My thoughts are murder to the State, and involuntarily go plotting against her.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)