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In 1314 the two Saxon princes - of Saxe-Lauenburg and Saxe-Wittenberg - found themselves on opposite sides of a double election for the Holy Roman empire. Eventually, the Saxe-Wittenbergers under Rudolf I succeed in gaining the upper hand, adopting the title 'Elector of Saxony'.
Scholars have concentrated on Luther’s interactions with the elector of Saxony Frederick III, “the Wise” (1463–1525, r. 1486–1525), during the early Reformation. Less scholarly attention has been paid to the relationship between Luther and the electors of Saxony during the reign of Frederick’s brother John the Steadfast (1468–1532 ...
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May 1, 2024 · Frederick III (born Jan. 17, 1463, Torgau, Saxony—died May 5, 1525, Lochau, near Torgau) was the elector of Saxony who worked for constitutional reform of the Holy Roman Empire and protected Martin Luther after Luther was placed under the imperial ban in 1521. Succeeding his father, the elector Ernest, in 1486, Frederick allied himself with ...
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Augustus was the elector of Saxony and leader of Protestant Germany who, by reconciling his fellow Lutherans with the Roman Catholic Habsburg Holy Roman emperors, helped bring the initial belligerency of the Reformation in Germany to an end. Under his administration, Saxony enjoyed economic and
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His relationship with the rulers in Ernestine and Albertine Saxony and their reaction to his reform movement proved fundamental to Luther’s life and career, just as Luther has become inextricably linked to the history of Saxony and Wittenberg.Scholars have concentrated on Luther’s interactions with the elector of Saxony Frederick III ...
Frederick III. (1463-1525) called 'the Wise,' elector of Saxony, eldest son of Ernest, elector of Saxony, and Elizabeth, daughter of Albert, duke of Bavaria-Munich (d. 1508), was born at Torgau, and succeeded his father as elector in 1486.
It was the Electors of Saxony who had protected Luther when the Emperor put a price on his head, and Saxony was the cradle of the Reformation. August was therefore turning his back on one of the defining elements of the Albertine Elect- ors.
