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John (30 June 1468 – 16 August 1532), [1] known as John the Steadfast or John the Constant ( Johann, der Beständige ), was Elector of Saxony from 1525 until 1532 from the House of Wettin . He is notable for organising the Lutheran Church in the Electorate of Saxony from a state and administrative level. In that, he was aided by Martin Luther ...
John was an elector of Saxony and a fervent supporter of Martin Luther; he took a leading part in forming alliances among Germany’s Protestant princes against the Habsburg emperors’ attempts at forced reconversion. After his father’s death in 1486, John ruled the lands of the Ernestine branch of
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Elector John of Saxony died on August 15, 1532. While he was the fifth of seven children born to Elisabeth of Bavaria and Ernest of Saxony, he inherited the title of Elector in 1525 when his older brother, Frederick the Wise, died with no legitimate heir. Elector John earned his moniker, Steadfast, because of his resolute support for the ...
May 20, 2015 · Today is the 490th Anniversary of the death of Johann, Elector of Saxony; perhaps more famously known as, "John The Steadfast" to most people. It is arguable that, without him, The Reformation, and the reclamation of the Gospel for the Church, would never have fully taken root.
Son of Elector John George I. Inherited Saxe-Weissenfels. After his death, Weissenfels was divided. Christian I: 27 October 1615: 1656–1691: 18 October 1691: Albertine Saxe-Merseburg: Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 19 November 1650 Dresden eleven children: Son of Elector John George I. Inherited Saxe-Merseburg ...
ImageNameReign838 – 840Comes et marchio850 – 12 March 864 or 866Comes et marchio12 March 864 or 866 – 2 February 880Comes et marchio2 February 880 – 30 November 912first Duke of the Younger stem duchyScholars 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 ...
In 1486, when his eldest brother became elector as Frederick III., John received a part of the paternal inheritance and afterwards assisted his kinsman, the German king Maximilian I, in several campaigns. He was an early adherent of Luther, and becoming elector of Saxony by his brother's death in May 1525, was soon prominent among the Reformers.
