John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony

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John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony, was a 16th-century German nobleman of the Ernestine Wettin line known for his role as a Protestant patron and territorial ruler in Thuringia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Duke of Saxony
Ernestine Wettin
German nobleman
human
member of the House of Wettin
aristocraticRank duke
centuryOfActivity 16th century
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire
dynasticBranch Ernestine line
ethnicGroup German
givenName John Frederick
governedTerritory parts of Thuringia
historicalRegion Saxony
language German
nobleFamily House of Wettin
nobleTitle Duke of Saxony
notableFor patronage of Protestant causes
role in the Reformation in Thuringia
partOf German Reformation-era nobility
patronage Lutheran churches in his territories
Protestant clergy
politicalAlignment Imperial Estates of the Holy Roman Empire
surface form: Protestant estates of the Holy Roman Empire
positionHeld Duke in Thuringia
territorial ruler in Thuringia
religion Lutheranism
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Thuringia
sphereOfInfluence Ernestine Saxony NERFINISHED
Thuringia
titleHolderOf Saxon territories in Thuringia

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University of Jena founder John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony
John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony child John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony
this entity surface form: John Frederick III the Younger
John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony sibling John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony
this entity surface form: John Frederick III, the Younger