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Also Known As Frederick the Mild • Friedrich der Sanftmütige • Frederick the Gentle
Born August 22, 1411 • Leipzig • Germany
Died September 7, 1464 (aged 53) • Leipzig • Germany
House / Dynasty Wettin dynasty
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Otto von Pack
German politician
Henry III, detail of a sandstone figure from his tomb, 1227; in the Cathedral of St. Blasius, Brunswick
Henry III
duke of Bavaria and Saxony
Friedrich Ferdinand, Graf von Beust.
Friedrich Ferdinand, Graf von Beust
prime minister of Austria
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John George I of Saxony
elector of Saxony
Grumbach, engraving by Matthias Zündt
Wilhelm von Grumbach
German knight
Albert
Albert
king of Saxony
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Augustus
elector of Saxony
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Adalbert
archbishop of Bremen
John Frederick the Magnanimous, portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder; in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
John Frederick
elector of Saxony
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Maurice
elector of Saxony
Henry X, detail from an engraving
Henry X
duke of Bavaria
Heinrich, Reichsgraf von Brühl
Heinrich, count von Brühl
prime minister of Saxony
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Frederick Augustus I
king of Saxony
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John
elector of Saxony
Frederick III
Frederick III
elector of Saxony
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Christian of Anhalt
Protestant prince
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, detail from an engraving, 1854
Frederick Augustus II
king of Saxony
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John Frederick
duke of Saxony
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John George III
elector of Saxony
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Hans Kohlhase
German brigand