John, Elector of Saxony

Details

Instance of

human

Born

13 June 1468

Died

16 August 1532

Place of birth

Meissen

Place of death

Schweinitz

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Johann

Father

Ernest of Saxony

Mother

Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony

Spouse

Sophie of Mecklenburg, Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen

Child

John Frederick I, Maria of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania, John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Margaret von Sachsen, Johann von Sachsen

Sibling

Christina of Saxony, Margaret of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Ernest II of Saxony, Frederick III of Saxony, Adalbert III of Saxony

Occupation

politician

Position held

Prince-Elector of Saxony

Citizenship

Germany

Religion

Lutheranism

depicted by

Q19197465, Portraits of the three Saxon Reformation princes, Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony, Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (1530s)

described by source

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Contemporaries of Erasmus (vol. 3), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Dresdner Hefte, New International Encyclopedia

family

Ernestine line

has works in the collection

Städel Museum

languages spoken, written or signed

German

name in native language

Johann der Beständige

noble title

duke

place of burial

Castle Church, Wittenberg

relative

Duke Heinrich V, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Anna of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg, Sabina of Bavaria, George, Duke of Saxony, Henry IV, Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Susanna of Bavaria, Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach, Albert, Duke in Prussia, Maximilian I

significant person

Erasmus, Johannes Dantiscus, Philipp Melanchthon, Huldrych Zwingli

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