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Born on June 30, 1503 in Torgau, Prussia, John Frederick would become the fourth and last Elector of Saxony in the Ernestine Saxon line. Unlike his uncle, who maintained an official neutrality toward Martin Luther and his teachings up until the end of his life, John Frederick followed his father’s lead and quickly became one of the Reformer ...
House of Wettin. Father. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony. Mother. Margaret of Austria. Religion. Roman Catholicism. Albert III ( German: Albrecht) (27 January 1443 – 12 September 1500) was a Duke of Saxony. He was nicknamed Albert the Bold or Albert the Courageous and founded the Albertine line of the House of Wettin .
Frederick was officially recognized as Margrave and Prince-elector Frederick I of Brandenburg at the Council of Constance in 1415. Frederick's formal investiture with the Kurmark , or electoral march, and his appointment as Archchamberlain of the Holy Roman Empire occurred on 18 April 1417, also during the Council of Constance.
The Battle of Mühlberg took place near Mühlberg in the Electorate of Saxony in 1547, during the Schmalkaldic War.The Catholic princes of the Holy Roman Empire led by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V decisively defeated the Lutheran Schmalkaldic League of Protestant princes under the command of Elector John Frederick I of Saxony and Landgrave Philip I of Hesse.
Frederick ( Middle High German: Friderich, [1] Standard German: Friedrich; 21 September 1371 – 20 September 1440) was the last Burgrave of Nuremberg from 1397 to 1427 (as Frederick VI ), Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach from 1398, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach from 1420, and Elector of Brandenburg (as Frederick I) from 1415 until his death.
May 12, 2018 · Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 02:56, 12 May 2018: 310 × 498 (42 KB): Slowking4 (talk | contribs) {{artwork |artist = {{creator:Lucas Cranach I}} (Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar) |title = Portrait of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503-1554), half-length |medium = oil on panel |dimensions = 24 ¾ x 15 5/8 in. (62.8 x 39.7 cm.) |object history = Provenance :Christian ...
Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg. Mother. Magdalena of Saxony. Religion. Lutheran. John George and his second consort, Sabine of Ansbach. John George of Brandenburg ( German: Johann Georg von Brandenburg; 11 September 1525 – 8 January 1598) was a prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1571–1598).
