John

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John was the given name of Elector John of Saxony, a key early supporter of the Protestant Reformation in the Holy Roman Empire.

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Label Occurrences
John canonical 3

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Elector of Saxony ⓘ
Protestant prince ⓘ
human ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
areaOfInfluence Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
country Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
governmentForm princely territorial rule ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn confessional structure of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
religious policy in Saxony ⓘ
hasRole political leader ⓘ
territorial prince ⓘ
hasTerritory Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
historicalPeriod Reformation era ⓘ
historicalRegion Central Europe ⓘ
ideology Protestant ⓘ
influenced spread of Lutheranism in Germany ⓘ
knownAs John the Steadfast ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
memberOf House of Wettin ⓘ
nobleTitle Duke of Saxony ⓘ
Elector ⓘ
notableFor role in early Protestant politics in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
support of the Protestant Reformation ⓘ
occupation ruler ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
opposedTo Catholic policies in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
participatedIn early Protestant alliances ⓘ
partOf German principalities ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
politicalAlignment Protestant estates of the Empire ⓘ
positionHeld Elector of Saxony ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
residence Saxony ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
supported Martin Luther ⓘ
Protestant Reformation ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John, Elector of Saxony → givenName → John ⓘ
subject linked to: John