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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.
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 ...
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.
University of Halle (Universität Halle) was founded in 1694 by Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg, who became Frederick I, King in Prussia, in 1701. In the late 17th century and early 18th century, Halle became a centre for Pietism within Prussia. The University of Halle in 1836.
The three sons of John Frederick I shared the territory, with John Frederick II becoming head (and briefly, 1554–1556, holding the electoral title) with his seats in Eisenach and Coburg, the middle brother John William staying in Weimar (Saxe-Weimar), and the youngest, John Frederick III (namesake of the eldest brother, which has caused much ...
Rudolf's first official act as holder of the electoral dignity of the Imperial Archmarshal (Archimarescallus) was the consent to King Albert's request to enfeoff the duchies of Austria and Styria to Albert's sons Rudolf III, Frederick the Fair and Leopold. When in February 1300, King Albert I tried to grant his eldest son Rudolf sole possession ...
Frederick Augustus III (Friedrich August III) 25 May 1865: 15 October 1904 – 13 November 1918: 18 February 1932: Kingdom of Saxony: Louise of Austria 21 November 1891 Vienna (annulled by royal decree in 1903, after her escape from court) seven children: The last King of Saxony. Abdicated voluntarily in the German Revolution of 1918–1919. [1]
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 ...