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Personal faith and issue of conversion. Frederick III was a lifelong Roman Catholic, but he might have converted to Lutheranism on his deathbed in 1525 depending on how his receiving of a Protestant communion is viewed.
1 de may. de 2024 · Frederick III (born Jan. 17, 1463, Torgau, Saxony—died May 5, 1525, Lochau, near Torgau) was the elector of Saxony who worked for constitutional reform of the Holy Roman Empire and protected Martin Luther after Luther was placed under the imperial ban in 1521.
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Musée protestant > The 16th century > Frederic the Wise (1463-1525) Prince Frederic III, Elector of Saxony, always offered protection to Luther against the Pope’s terrible sentences (he was banned as an outlaw) and also the attacks of Emperor Charles the Fifth.
Scholars have concentrated on Luther’s interactions with the elector of Saxony Frederick III, “the Wise” (1463–1525, r. 1486–1525), during the early Reformation.
Contents 1Biography 2The Elector's Dream 3Protection of Luther 4Issue of conversion in 1525 5Ancestry 6See also 7References 8Sources Elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525
On 27 April 1694, Johann Georg died without legitimate issue and Augustus became elector of Saxony, as Friedrich Augustus I. Conversion to Catholicism. To be eligible for election to the throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1697, Augustus had to convert to Roman Catholicism.
(“Frederick the Wise”; 1463–1525), elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525.Born in Torgau in January 1463,
