John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony

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John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony, was a 16th-century German nobleman of the Ernestine Wettin line known for his role as a Protestant patron and territorial ruler in Thuringia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Duke of Saxony ⓘ
Ernestine Wettin ⓘ
German nobleman ⓘ
human ⓘ
member of the House of Wettin ⓘ
aristocraticRank duke ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 16th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dynasticBranch Ernestine line ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
givenName John Frederick ⓘ
governedTerritory parts of Thuringia ⓘ
historicalRegion Saxony ⓘ
language German ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Wettin ⓘ
nobleTitle Duke of Saxony ⓘ
notableFor patronage of Protestant causes ⓘ
role in the Reformation in Thuringia ⓘ
partOf German Reformation-era nobility ⓘ
patronage Lutheran churches in his territories ⓘ
Protestant clergy ⓘ
politicalAlignment Protestant estates of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
positionHeld Duke in Thuringia ⓘ
territorial ruler in Thuringia ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
residence Thuringia ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence Ernestine Saxony ⓘ
Thuringia ⓘ
titleHolderOf Saxon territories in Thuringia ⓘ

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University of Jena → founder → John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony ⓘ
John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony → child → John Frederick III the Younger ⓘ
linked to: John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony
John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony → sibling → John Frederick III, the Younger ⓘ
linked to: John Frederick III, Duke of Saxony