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Posthumous portrait of Frederick the Wise by Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. 1530 –1535. Luther secretly returned to Wittenberg on 6 March 1522. He wrote to the elector: "During my absence, Satan has entered my sheepfold, and committed ravages which I cannot repair by writing, but only by my personal presence and living word."
Elector Frederick the Wise (r. 1486–1525) protected Luther, most notably when he sheltered him at the Wartburg Castle for ten months in 1521/22 after Luther had refused to recant at the Diet of Worms, [17] but the Albertine duke George the Bearded fought against his ideas and rejected open action against the emperor. It was only after George ...
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463–1525), also known as Frederick the Wise; Frederick III, Elector Palatine (1515–1576) Frederick III, Duke of Legnica (1520–1570) Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1597–1659) Frederick III of Denmark (1609–1670) Frederick III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1616–1634) Frederick III of ...
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.
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 obverse shows Johann's older brother, Frederick, while on the reverse, Johann is portrayed face to face with George, Duke of Saxony. Born in Meissen, John was the fifth of the seven children of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and Elisabeth of Bavaria. From 1486 onward he was the heir presumptive of his childless brother Frederick the Wise.
Elector Frederick the Wise, a member of the Ernestine branch of the same family, known for his protection of Luther, was a cousin of Duke George. [1] George, as the eldest son, received an excellent training in theology and other branches of learning, and was thus much better educated than most of the princes of his day. [1]
His Saxon heritage, however, made him a natural liaison between the papal court and Elector Frederick the Wise. On 3 September 1518 Pope Leo X decided to bestow on Frederick the papal Golden Rose of Virtue — an award with attendant religious privileges to deserving princes, with the aim of securing the support of Frederick the Wise in ...