Ernest, Elector of Saxony

Ernest
Ernest
	Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Elector of Saxony
Reign	7 September 1464 – 26 August 1486
Predecessor	Frederick II
Successor	Frederick III
Landgrave of Thuringia
Reign	17 September 1482 – 26 August 1486
Predecessor	William II
Successor	Frederick VI
Born	24 March 1441; Meissen, Margravate of Meissen, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died	26 August 1486 (aged 45); Colditz Castle, Margravate of Meissen, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Burial	Meissen Cathedral
Spouse	Elisabeth of Bavaria-Munich (m. 1460; died 1484)
Issue; Detail	Christina, Queen of Denmark; Frederick III, Elector of Saxony; Ernest, Bishop of Halberstadt; Aldabert III, Administrator of Mainz; John, Elector of Saxony; Margarete, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg; Wolfgang of Saxony;
House	Wettin
Father	Frederick II, Elector of Saxony
Mother	Margaret of Austria-Styria

Ernest (24 March 1441 – 26 August 1486), known as Ernst in German, was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486.

Ernst was the founder and progenitor of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes.