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FREDERICK THE WISE, ELECTOR OF SAXONY 1524 Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) Dürer shows Frederick in his last year of life. The elector was one of his first important patrons, and Dürer seems to enlarge his presence by making the head and shoulders fill the space. He also included his own name in the inscription and his monogram in the background.
Title: Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg) Sitter: Portrait of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony. Date: 1524. Medium: Engraving. Dimensions: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 4 15/16 in. (19.1 × 12.5 cm) Classification: Prints. Credit Line: George Khuner Collection, Bequest of Marianne ...
4 de oct. de 2023 · Augustus II, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania Rules Without a Queen. Frederick Augustus' conversion caused dissent among the people of Saxony, but it won him his prize in the Catholic Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania as King Augustus II. Christiane never travelled to Poland or Lithuania, and she was not accorded a ceremonial crowning.
19 de may. de 2021 · Deutsch: Johann der Beständige, Kurfürst von Sachsen. English: John, Elector of Saxony, known as John the Steadfast ( Johann der Beständige) or John the Constant (30 June 1468 – 16 August 1532) was Elector of Saxony from 1525 until 1532 (from the House of Wettin). Johann I, Elector of Saxony. John the Steadfeast, Elector of Saxony (1468 ...
MAURICE (1521–1553), elector of Saxony, elder son of Henry, duke of Saxony, belonging to the Albertine branch of the Wettin family, was born at Freiberg on the 21st of March 1521. In January 1541 he married Agnes, daughter of Philip, landgrave of Hesse. In that year he became duke of Saxony by his father’s death, and he continued Henry’s ...
Elector Frederick Augustus III (1763–1827) was formally the last Elector of Saxony. With the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, he clung to office and became the first monarch of the short-lived Kingdom of Saxony, under the title of Frederick Augustus I of Saxony.
Augustus II the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, wearing the Polish Order of the White Eagle. After the death of the Polish king John III Sobieski in 1696, Augustus II the Strong converted to Catholicism and with Habsburg support, military pressure and bribes, won the free election for the kingship in 1697, becoming King Augustus II of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
