Frederick III, Elector of Saxony

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Elector of Saxony German prince human nobleman ruler

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony—also known as Frederick the Wise—was a powerful early 16th-century German prince best known for protecting Martin Luther and fostering the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony canonical	16
Frederick the Wise	7
Elector Frederick the Wise	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Elector of Saxony ⓘ German prince ⓘ human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ ruler ⓘ
burialPlace	All Saints' Church, Wittenberg ⓘ surface form: Schlosskirche, Wittenberg
chronologicalContext	Reformation era ⓘ Renaissance ⓘ
collected	relics ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Electorate of Saxony ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1463-01-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1525-05-05 ⓘ
describedBySource	Protestant Reformation histories ⓘ
employer	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
endTime	as Elector of Saxony: 1525 ⓘ
father	Ernest, Elector of Saxony ⓘ
founded	University of Wittenberg ⓘ
givenName	Frederick ⓘ
hasOccupation	ruler ⓘ statesman ⓘ
honouredIn	Lutheran tradition ⓘ
memberOf	House of Wettin ⓘ
mother	Elisabeth of Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
nickname	Frederick III, Elector of Saxony self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Frederick the Wise
nobleTitle	Duke of Saxony ⓘ Elector ⓘ
notableFor	founding the University of Wittenberg ⓘ protection of Martin Luther ⓘ support of the early Protestant Reformation ⓘ
participantIn	Imperial election of 1519 ⓘ
partOf	Ernestine duchies ⓘ
patronOf	humanism ⓘ the arts ⓘ theology at the University of Wittenberg ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Torgau ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Lochau ⓘ
positionHeld	Elector of Saxony ⓘ Head of the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin ⓘ
protected	Martin Luther at Wartburg Castle ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Torgau ⓘ Wittenberg ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ⓘ surface form: John, Elector of Saxony
startTime	as Elector of Saxony: 1486 ⓘ
supported	Martin Luther ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

All Saints' Church, Wittenberg → foundedBy → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

University of Wittenberg → founder → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Electorate of Saxony → notableRuler → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

House of Wettin → hasNotableMember → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum → associatedWith → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elector Frederick the Wise

Luther’s exile at Wartburg Castle → hasProtectingAuthority → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

the Wise → alsoKnownAs → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

subject surface form: Frederick III, Elector of Saxony

this entity surface form: Frederick the Wise

John the Steadfast → sibling → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

John the Steadfast → predecessor → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Elector John of Saxony → sibling → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Elector John of Saxony → predecessor → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Lutheran Reformation → hasKeyFigure → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Castle Church → associatedWith → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederick the Wise

Lucas Cranach the Elder → employer → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Friedrich III → hasAlias → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

subject surface form: Friedrich III, Elector of Saxony

this entity surface form: Frederick the Wise

Ernest, Elector of Saxony → child → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Elisabeth of Bavaria → motherOf → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederick the Wise

Elisabeth of Bavaria → relative → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederick the Wise

Junker Jörg → protectionProvidedBy → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Black Cloister, Wittenberg → ownedBy → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Elector Frederick the Wise

Leucorea → foundedBy → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Leucorea → foundingPatron → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederick the Wise

Elector of Saxony → notableOfficeHolder → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony ⓘ

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony → nickname → Frederick III, Elector of Saxony self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederick the Wise