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    Frederick The Wise

    AKA Friedrich III

    Born:17-Jan-1463
    Birthplace: Hartenfels Castle, Torgau, Germany
    Died:5-May-1525
    Location of death: Lochau, Germany
    Cause of death: unspecified

    Gender: Male
    Religion:Roman Catholic
    Race or Ethnicity: White
    Occupation: Government

    Nationality: Germany
    Executive summary: Elector of Saxony

    Elector of Saxony 1486-1525, founder of the University of Wittenberg.

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    • Granted protection to Martin Luther, and an early patron of Albrecht Durer.

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    Frederick III, called the Wise, elector of Saxony, eldest son of Ernest, elector of Saxony, and Elizabeth, daughter of Albert, duke of Bavaria-Munich, was born at Torgau, and succeeded his father as elector in 1486.

    Retaining the government of Saxony in his own hands, he shared the other possessions of his family with his brother John, called "the Stedfast" (1468-1532). Frederick was among the princes who pressed the need of reform upon the German king Maximilian I in 14