![]() ![]() Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedelġ4. Heinrich VIII of Henneberg-SchleusingenĢ8. Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-SchleusingenĦ. Berthold V, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingenġ2. Married firstly, in 1446, Archduchess Anne of Austria (1432–1462) married secondly, in 1463, Catherine of Brandenstein († 1492) Ancestry Īncestors of Frederick I, Elector of SaxonyĢ4. ![]() William III, Duke of Luxemburg (1425–1482), Landgrave of Thuringia Frederick I, the Belligerent or the Warlike (Friedrich der Streitbare 11 April 1370 4 January 1428), a member of the House of Wettin, ruled as Margrave.Catherine, (1421 – 23 August 1476, Berlin), married to Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg.Anna, (5 June 1420 – 17 September 1462), married to Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse.Sigismund, Bishop of Würzburg, (3 March 1416 – 24 December 1471) In 1423, Frederick the Warlike of Meissen was granted Saxony and became (1425) elector of Saxony as Frederick I.Frederick the Lame (this one) and Frederick the Serious by Elizabeth of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412–1464) Frederick I, called the Brave or the Bitten (German Friedrich der Freidige or Friedrich der Gebissene 1257 16 November 1323) was margrave of Meissen and landgrave of Thuringia.1442), daughter of Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg on 7 February 1402 and had 7 children: Family įrederick I married Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. The cathedral is now accessible to the public for a small fee and the tomb is readily seen. He was buried as the first Wettin in the centre of what is now known as the Princes Chapel in Meissen Cathedral. In 1409, Frederick and his brother William founded the University of Leipzig, for the benefit of German students who had left the University of Prague after the events relating to the Western Schism.įrederick died in 1428 at Altenburg. Thus spurred to renewed efforts against the Hussites, the elector was endeavouring to rouse the German princes to aid him in prosecuting this war when the Saxon army was almost annihilated at Aussig on the 16 August 1426.Īfter the death of his brother William, Frederick became the ruler over the entire possession of the House of Wettin except Thuringia. Thus ascended Frederick IV, who called himself Frederick I now as duke and elector. Frederick I, the Belligerent or the Warlike (German: Friedrich der Streitbare 11 April 1370 4 January. In the prosecution of this enterprise Frederick spent large sums of money, for which he received various places in Bohemia and elsewhere in pledge from Sigismund, who further rewarded him on 6 January 1423 with the vacant electoral Duchy of Saxony-Wittenberg and Fredericks formal investiture followed at Ofen on the 1 August 1425. Portal to the Princes Chapel, Meissen Cathedral. ![]() For his victory at the Battle of Brüx in 1421, Frederick was granted the ranks of Duke and Elector. The danger to Germany from the Hussites induced Frederick to ally himself with Emperor Sigismund and he took a leading part in the war against them, during the earlier years of which he met with considerable success. Saxon electors Frederick the Warlike, Ernest, and Frederick II, Fürstenzug, Dresden ![]()
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