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| Frederick III | |
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| Elector of Saxony Landgrave of Thuringia |
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| Frederick in an engraved portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1524 | |
| Electorate of Saxony | |
| Reign | 26 August 1486 - 5 May 1525 |
| Predecessor | Ernst |
| Successor | John the Constant |
| Royal house | House of Wettin |
| Father | Ernst, Elector of Saxony |
| Mother | Elisabeth of Bavaria-Munich |
| Born | 17 January 1463 Torgau |
| Died | 5 May 1525 (aged 62) Langau |
| Burial | Schlosskirche, Wittenberg |
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (17 January 1463 – 5 May 1525), also known as Frederick the Wise, was Elector of Saxony (from the House of Wettin) from 1486 to his death. Frederick was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria. He is notable as being one of the most powerful early defenders of Martin Luther[1], Lutheranism, and the Protestant Reformation. He is commemorated as a Christian ruler in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod on 5 May. His court painter since 1504 was Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Biography
Born in Torgau, he succeeded his father as elector in 1486; in 1502, he founded the University of Wittenberg, where Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon taught.
Frederick was among the princes who pressed the need of reform upon Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and in 1500 he became president of the newly-formed council of regency (Reichsregiment).
Frederick was Pope Leo X's candidate for Holy Roman Emperor in 1519 — the pope had awarded him the Golden Rose of virtue on 3 September 1518 — but he helped secure the election of Charles V. Frederick ensured Luther would be heard before the Diet of Worms in 1521 and subsequently secured an exemption from the Edict of Worms for Saxony.
Previous to his defense of Luther's new religion, Fredrick the Wise managed to hoard up over 5,000 relics to shorten his time in purgatory 1,443 years.
He protected Martin Luther from the Pope's enforcement of the edict by faking a highway attack on Luther's way back to Wittenberg, and hid him at Wartburg Castle following the Diet of Worms.
Frederick died unmarried at Langau, near Annaberg, in 1525 and was buried in the Schlosskirche at Wittenberg with a grave by Peter Vischer the Younger. He was succeeded by his brother Duke John the Constant as Elector of Saxony.
Ancestors
| Frederick III, Elector of Saxony | Father: Ernest, Elector of Saxony |
Paternal Grandfather: Frederick II, Elector of Saxony |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Frederick I, Elector of Saxony |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Margarete of Austria |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Ernest, Duke of Austria |
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| Paternal Great-grandmother: Cymburgis of Masovia |
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| Mother: Elisabeth of Bavaria |
Maternal Grandfather: Albert III, Duke of Bavaria |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Ernest, Duke of Bavaria |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Elisabetta Visconti |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Agnes of Brunswick |
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| Preceded by Ernest |
Elector of Saxony 1486–1525 |
Succeeded by John the Constant |
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