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Click the card to flip 👆. Definition. 1 / 30. He was also known as frederick the great and was the elector of saxony from 1486 to his death and fredrick was the son of ernest.
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.
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Discussions of Luther’s interaction with these Saxon electors were featured in 16th-century publications and art as well as early histories of the Reformation and of Saxony.
A devout Catholic, Frederick the Wise became “elector” of Saxony upon the death of his father. Frederick had castles in Saxony, including Wittenberg and Wartburg, which would become important landmarks in the life of Martin Luther.
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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Saxon Electors, The, and Luther. Although born in the territory of the Counts of Mansfield, Luther’s connection to Saxony began early.
Frederick II (born Aug. 22, 1411, Leipzig—died Sept. 7, 1464, Leipzig) was a Saxon elector (1428–64) and the eldest son of Frederick the Warlike; he successfully defended his electorship against the Ascanian Saxe-Lauenburg line and instituted regular diets in his territories.
