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Frederick died unmarried in 1525, aged 62 years old, at Lochau, a hunting castle near Annaburg (30 km southeast of Wittenberg), and was buried in the Castle Church at Wittenberg, with a grave tomb sculpted by Peter Vischer the Younger.
The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony ( German: Kurfürstentum Sachsen or Kursachsen ), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. Its territory included the areas around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz. In the Golden Bull of 1356, Emperor Charles IV designated the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg an ...
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There are museums in Annaburg Castle and in the Amtshaus. Frederick the Wise ’ s passion for hunting and the Lochau Heath, rich in game, may also have been the reason Elector August I of Saxony (1553-1586) rebuilt the castle in 1575.
The role of the senior Saxon duke as one of the seven electors of the Holy Roman empire was irrevocably confirmed in 1356 by the Golden Bull of Emperor Charles IV, which also decreed that the duke of Saxony should be imperial administrator of any territory which was subject to Saxon law in the absence of the emperor.
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17 January 1463 Torgau, Electoral Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire: Died: 5 May 1525 (aged 62) Castle Lochau near Annaburg, Electoral Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire: Burial
May 5, 2021 · Elector Frederick the Wise’s brother John had reported upwards of 35,000 of them massed just a few days to the south. In the midst of it all, on May 5, 1525, Frederick died at Lochau, his hunting lodge, indeed his favorite castle.
