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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.
Wolfgang I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1532–1569) Wolfgang I, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1557–1569) Frederick III the Wise, Elector (1544–1556) George John I the Astute, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1560–1592) Otto Henry I the Magnanimous, Elector (1556–1559) Frederick III the Pious, Count Palatine of Simmern (1557–1559)
Frederick was born at Winzingen Castle near Neustadt an der Weinstraße as the fourth son of Philip, Elector Palatine and his wife, Margarete of Bavaria-Landshut.He was the Count Palatine and served as counselor and general for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, commanding expeditions against the Turks in 1529 and 1532, and assisting the Emperor at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530.
Christopher I, Count Palatine of Neumarkt (1443–1448) Frederick I the Victorious, Elector (1449–1476) Frederick I the Pious, Count Palatine of Simmern (1459–1480) Louis I the Black, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1459–1489) Otto II the Mathematician, Count Palatine of Mosbach (1461–1490) Philip I the Upright, Elector (1476–1508)
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 known as Frederick the Wise
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, or Frederick the Belligerent (1370–1428), ruler of Saxony from 1422 to 1428; Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, or Frederick the Gentle (1412–1464), ruler of Saxony from 1428 to 1464; Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, or Frederick the Wise (1463–1525), ruler of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, protector of Martin Luther
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, commonly called Frederick the Wise Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Elector Frederick .
The count's brothers, the bishops of Münster and Osnabrück, were brought before the court for complicity, and bloodshed at the court was narrowly averted. Count Frederick was convicted in absentia , all his ministerials were released from his service, and Frederick was captured and broken on the wheel .