John Frederick the Magnanimous Wettin, Elector of Saxony^[1]

1503 - 1554  (50 years)

• Name	John Frederick the Magnanimous Wettin
  Suffix	Elector of Saxony
  Birth	30 Jun 1503
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1532
  Deposed	1547
  Death	3 Mar 1554
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal11739 Son of John the Steadfast. Called "the Magnanimous". Deprived of his Electorate by Emperor «u»Charles V <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor>«/u» for his role in the «u»Schmalkaldic War <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmalkaldic_War>«/u». Died 1554. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Saxony#Kings_of_Saxony
  Person ID	I12167	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2008

  
  

  Father	John the Constant of Saxony Wettin, Elector of Saxony,   b. 30 Jun 1468   d. 16 Aug 1532 (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F5585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. John Frederick II Wettin, Elector of Saxony,   b. 8 Jan 1529   d. 9 May 1595 (Age 66 years)   2. John William of Saxe-Weimar, Duke of Saxe-Weimar,   b. 11 Mar 1530   d. 2 Mar 1573 (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F5586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Photos		John Frederick Wettin
  		Johm Frederick Wettin the Magnanimous Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1531

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).