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Co-regent of his brother Frederick III (26 August 1486 – 5 May 1525), with his own residence at Weimar since 1513. Established Lutheranism in his territories in 1527. John Frederick I the Magnanimous (Johann Friedrich I der Großmütige) 30 June 1503: 16 August 1532 – 19 May 1547: 3 March 1554: Ernestine Electorate of Saxony: Sibylle of ...
Woodcut of John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony. Half length with cap, beard, doublet, and embroidered robes edged in fur, holding gloves in left hand. The print has been cut down to the outline of the sitter, and adhered to a secondary sheet of paper with a pen and ink border and a handwritten title below.This print is from a series of thirty-four portraits of the rulers of Saxony from the ninth ...
John Frederick II of Saxony , was Duke of Saxony .
George the Bearded ( Meissen, 27 August 1471 – Dresden, 17 April 1539) was Duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539 known for his opposition to the Reformation. While the Ernestine line embraced Lutheranism, the Albertines (headed by George) were reluctant to do so. Despite George's efforts to avoid a succession by a Lutheran upon his death in 1539 ...
Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1464–1486), Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1428–1464) and Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1486–1500); Fürstenzug, Dresden, Germany. After Henry's death in 1435, and Sigismund was forced to renounce and became a bishop (in 1440), Frederick and William divided their possessions. In the Division of Altenburg in 1445 ...
Johann Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (30 June 1503, Torgau – 3 March 1554, Weimar). On 13 November 1513 Johann married secondly Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen in Torgau. They had four children: Maria (15 December 1515, Weimar – 7 January 1583, Wolgast), married on 27 February 1536 Duke Philip I of Pomerania-Wolgast.
