John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony

John Frederick I
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1531
Elector of Saxony
Reign16 August 1532 – 24 April 1547
PredecessorJohn
SuccessorMaurice
Duke of Saxony
Reign24 April 1547 – 3 March 1554
PredecessorMaurice
SuccessorJohn Frederick II
Landgrave of Thuringia
Reign16 August 1532 – 24 April 1547
PredecessorJohn
SuccessorJohn Ernest
Born30 June 1503
Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died3 March 1554(1554-03-03) (aged 50)
Weimar, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Burial
SpouseSybille of Cleves
IssueJohn Frederick II, Duke of Saxony
John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
John Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
HouseWettin (Ernestine line)
FatherJohn, Elector of Saxony
MotherSophie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
ReligionRoman Catholic (1503-1521)
Lutheran (1521-1554)
SignatureJohn Frederick I's signature

John Frederick I (German: Johann Friedrich I. von Sachsen, 30 June 1503 – 3 March 1554), called the Magnanimous (der Großmütige), was the Elector of Saxony (1532–1547) until he was deprived of this title in the Capitulation of Wittenberg by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. He was leading the Schmalkaldic League, a military alliance of Lutheran principalities.


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