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Frederick was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria. He was one of the most powerful early defenders of Martin Luther , as the elector successfully protected him from the Holy Roman Emperor , the Pope and others. [ 1 ]
In 1815 his rank of Duke was elevated to Grand Duke; from 1815 Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach becomes a Grand Duchy. Charles Augustus: 3 September 1757: 1758–1828: 14 June 1828: Ernestine Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt 3 October 1775 Karlsruhe seven children Frederick Christian (Friedrich Christian) 5 September 1722: 5 October 1763 ...
Renaissance epitaph for Duke John Frederick II. In Weimar on 26 May 1555 John Frederick II married his first wife, Agnes of Hesse, Dowager Electress of Saxony.Six months later she suffered a miscarriage and died, on 4 November 1555.
Duke Frederick of Saxony (26 October 1473 – 14 December 1510), also known as Friedrich von Sachsen or Friedrich von Wettin, was the 36th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, serving from 1498–1510. He was the third (and youngest surviving) son of Albert III, Duke of Saxony, and Sidonie of Poděbrady, daughter of George of Podebrady.
Duke Frederick of Saxony (1474–1510), Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (1504–1539), son of George, Duke of Saxony Frederick August I, Elector of Saxony , or Augustus II the Strong (1670–1733), ruler of Saxony from 1694 to 1733
Frederick Augustus was proclaimed King of Saxony on 20 December 1806. After the Treaty of Tilsit, which Frederick William III of Prussia and Tsar Alexander I of Russia concluded with Napoleon in July 1807, Frederick Augustus was also named Grand Duke of Warsaw. Although he had rejected the offer of the throne of Poland in 1795 by the Sejm, he ...
John Frederick I (German: Johann Friedrich I. von Sachsen, 30 June 1503 – 3 March 1554), called the Magnanimous (der Großmütige), was the Elector of Saxony (1532–1547) until he was deprived of this title in the Capitulation of Wittenberg by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
When the last duke of Saxe-Wittenberg died without heir in 1422, the Emperor Sigismund gave the duchy to Frederick IV of the house of Wettin, Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia, who thereby became Frederick I, Elector of Saxony. The name Saxony was then generally applied to all of the Wettin's domains, including those in Thuringia ...