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Frederick III (17 January 1463 – 5 May 1525), also known as Frederick the Wise (German: Friedrich der Weise), was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the protection given to his subject Martin Luther, the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation.
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder Schlossplatz, Wittenberg. Georg(e) Spalatin (German: [ˈʃpaːlatiːn]) was the pseudonym taken by Georg Burkhardt (German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈbʊʁkhaʁt]; 17 January 1484 – 16 January 1545), a German humanist, theologian, reformer, secretary of the Saxon Elector Frederick the Wise, as well as an important figure in the history of the Reformation.
Illustration of Wittenberg Castle Church by Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1509. When in the late 15th century the Wettin prince Frederick III the Wise, elector of Saxony from 1486, had the former Ascanian fortress rebuilt, a new All Saints' Church was designed by the architect Conrad Pflüger [4] (c. 1450 – 1506/07) and erected between 1490 and 1511 [8] in the Late Gothic style.
Frederick the Fair received in the same election four of the seven votes, with the deposed King Henry of Bohemia, illegitimately assuming electoral power, Archbishop Henry II of Cologne, Louis' brother Count Rudolph I of the Palatinate, and Duke Rudolph I of Saxe-Wittenberg, equally exercising the Saxon electoral dignity.
The War Diary of the Emperor Frederick III, (1870–1871). Written by Frederick III, translated and edited by Alfred Richard Allinson. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1927. This is the translated collection of the then–Crown Prince Frederick William's war diaries that he kept during the Franco-Prussian War. Life of the Emperor ...
The Hilgen and Wittenberg Woolen Mill is a textile mill in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Built in 1864, the mill was one of many wool- and flax-processing factories that opened during the American Civil War , due to a shortage of cotton textiles formerly supplied by southern states.
Frederick III the Simple (1341–1377), King of Sicily; Frederick III, Duke of Austria (1347–1362) Frederick III, Count of Moers (1354–1417) Frederick III, Count of Veldenz (died 1444) Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1415–1493) Frederick III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1424–1495) Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463–1525), also ...
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, father of the two warring brothers. The Saxon Fratricidal War [1] (German: Sächsischer Bruderkrieg) was a war fought between the two brothers Frederick II, Elector of Saxony and Duke William III over Wettin ruled areas from 1446 to 1451.