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5 mag 2024 · Today the Church commemorates Frederick the Wise, Christian Ruler. He was the Prince-elector of Saxony, and is most remembered for sheltering Martin Luther, who was under threat of execution by the Holy Roman Emperor. Frederick was born in Torgau to Ernest, Elector of Saxony, whom Frederick succeeded as elector in 1486.
6 giorni fa · Elector Palatine Habsburg Wittelsbach: Sigismund 1427–1496 Archduke of Austria: Albert VI 1418–1463 Archduke of Austria: Frederick III the Peaceful 1415–1493 King of Germany r. 1440–1493 Holy Roman Emperor r. 1452–1493: Eleanor of Portugal 1434–1467: Margarete 1395–1447: Henry XVI 1386–1450 Duke of Bavaria: Albert II 1397–1439 ...
2 giorni fa · Frederick III [a] (Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888) was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors. Known informally as "Fritz", he was the only son of Emperor Wilhelm I and was raised in his family's tradition of military service.
4 giorni fa · Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637. He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria, who were devout Catholics. In 1590, when Ferdinand was 11 years old, they sent him to study at the Jesuits' college in ...
9 mag 2024 · Christian of Anhalt (born May 11, 1568, Bernburg, Anhalt [Ger.]—died April 17, 1630, Bernburg) was a minor Protestant prince who played a major role in precipitating the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48). Christian entered the service of the Lutheran elector of Saxony and in 1591 led a force of German Protestant troops to support the Calvinist ...
