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Jan 6, 2024 · Elector of Saxony (1722-1763) – Friedrich Christian I, Elector of Saxony was born in Dresden (Capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany) on September 5th, 1722 and died in Dresden (Capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany) on December 17th, 1763 at the age of 41. Today Friedrich Christian I, Elector of Saxony would be 301 years old...
Added: Apr 19, 2009. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 36064400. Source citation. He was the eldest son of Christian I of Saxony and Sophie of Brandenburg and Elector of Saxony from 1591 to 1611. Christian succeeded his father as Elector of Saxony in 1591 at the age of eight. Because of his youth, his kinsman, Duke Frederick Wilhelm I of Saxe-Weimar ...
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony Jan 17, 1463 - May 5, 1525 Frederick III, also known as Frederick the Wise, was Elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the worldly protection of his subject Martin Luther.
Sep 6, 2019 · Christian II. Date of birth. 23 September 1583 (statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584) Dresden. Date of death. 23 June 1611. Dresden. Place of burial. Freiberg Cathedral.
Frederic III, also known as Frederic the Wise, was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and Elisabeth of Bavaria. He was born in Torgau in 1463 and succeeded his father as Duke of Saxony and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire in 1486. In 1502, he founded the University of Wittenberg; Luther and Melanchthon both studied and later taught theology ...
Oct 9, 2022 · Christian II, Elector of Saxony John George I, Elector of Saxony Sophie, Duchess of Pomerania Prince Augustus Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg: House: House of Wettin: Father Augustus I, Elector of Saxony: Mother Anna of Denmark: Born 29 October 1560 Dresden: Died 25 September 1591 (aged 30) Dresden
In Dresden, on September 12, 1602, Christian married Hedwig, daughter of the King Frederick II of Denmark. This marriage was childless. He died in Dresden in 1611. Having left no issue, on his death his brother John George succeeded him as Elector. Christian II of Saxony was Elector of Saxony from 1591 to 1611.
