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Frederick III (17 January 1463 – 5 May 1525), also known as Frederick the Wise (German: Friedrich der Weise), was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the protection given to his subject Martin Luther, the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation.
The grave of Frederick I of Saxony, Princes Chapel, Meissen Cathedral Portal to the Princes Chapel, Meissen Cathedral. Frederick I, the Belligerent or the Warlike (German: Friedrich der Streitbare; 11 April 1370 – 4 January 1428), a member of the House of Wettin, ruled as Margrave of Meissen from 1407 and Elector of Saxony (as Frederick I) from 1423 until his death.
Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern with his wife Princess Margarethe Karola of Saxony, 1920s. He married Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony, daughter of Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany, on 2 June 1920 in Schloss Sibyllenort, Silesia, Germany.
Duke Frederick of Saxony (1474–1510), Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights; Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (1504–1539), son of George, Duke of Saxony; Frederick August I, Elector of Saxony, or Augustus II the Strong (1670–1733), ruler of Saxony from 1694 to 1733; Frederick August II, Elector of Saxony, or Augustus III of Poland ...
Frederick Christian (German: Friedrich Christian; 5 September 1722 – 17 December 1763) was the Prince-Elector of Saxony for 73 days in 1763. He was a member of the House of Wettin. He was the third but eldest surviving son of Frederick Augustus II, Prince-Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, by his wife, Maria Josepha of Austria.
Frederick, now one of the seven Prince-electors, was a member of the House of Wettin, which since 1089 had ruled over the adjacent Margraviate of Meissen up the Elbe river, established under Emperor Otto I in 965, and since 1242 also over the Landgraviate of Thuringia.
King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, who as Frederick Augustus III was the last elector of Saxony. After taking part in the War of the Bavarian Succession (1778/79), Saxony no longer participated in "haggling over land" ( Länderschacher ) and merely ended a permanent dispute over the area around Glaucha , which brought the state treasury seven ...
Frederick was buried in the chapel at Meissen Cathedral. George promoted the marriage of Frederick's widow, Elisabeth, to Maurice, son of George's Lutheran younger brother, Henry. Henry vetoed the idea and, soon afterwards, inherited the Duchy of Saxony from George when the latter died without surviving male issue in April 1539, less than two ...