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John Frederick I
Elector of Saxony and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (1503-1554)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 30 June 1503
- Died
- 3 March 1554
- Place of birth
- Torgau
- Place of death
- Weimar
- Sex or gender
- male
- Father
- John, Elector of Saxony
- Mother
- Sophie of Mecklenburg
- Spouse
- Sibylle of Cleves
- Child
- John Frederick II of Saxony, John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony, Johann Ernst II von Sachsen
- Field of work
- Protestant Reformation, politics
- Occupation
- aristocrat
- Position held
- Prince-Elector of Saxony
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- depicted by
- Martin Luther and the Wittenberg Reformers
- described by source
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Dresdner Hefte, New International Encyclopedia
- family
- House of Wettin
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- noble title
- duke
- owner of
- Schloss Fröhliche Wiederkunft
- place of burial
- St. Peter und Paul
- significant person
- Philipp Melanchthon
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