|
See also:JOHN See also:FREDERICK (1529-1595) , called der Mittlere, See also:duke of See also:Saxony, was the eldest son of John Frederick, who had been deprived of the Saxon electorate by the See also:emperor See also:Charles V. in 1547. See also:Born at See also:Torgau on the 8th of See also:January 1529, he received a See also:good See also:education, and when his See also:father was imprisoned in 1547
undertook the See also:government of the remnant of electoral Saxony which the emperor allowed the Ernestine See also:branch of the See also:Wettin See also:family to keep. Released in 1552 John Frederick the See also:elder died two years later, and his three sons ruled Ernestine Saxony together until 1JJ7, when John Frederick was made See also:sole ruler. This arrangement lasted until 1565, when John Frederick shared his lands with his surviving See also:brother, John See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William (1530-1573), retaining for himself See also:Gotha and See also:Weimar. The duke was a strong, even a fanatical, Lutheran, but his religious views were gradually subordinated to the one See also:idea of regaining the electoral dignity then held by See also:Augustus I. To attain this end he See also:- LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")
lent a willing See also:ear to the schemes of Wilhelm von See also:Grumbach, who came to his See also:court about 1557 and offered to regain the electoral dignity and even to acquire the See also:Empire for his See also:patron. In spite of repeated warnings from the emperor See also:Ferdinand I., John Frederick continued to protect Grumbach, and in 1566 his obstinacy caused him to be placed under the imperial See also:ban. Its See also:execution was entrusted to Augustus who, aided by the duke's brother, John William, marched against Gotha with a strong force. In consequence of a See also:mutiny the See also:town surrendered in See also:April 1567, and John Frederick was delivered to the emperor See also:Maximilian II. He was imprisoned in See also:Vienna, his lands were given to his brother, and he remained in captivity until his See also:death at Steyer on the 6th of May 1595. These years were mainly occupied with studying See also:theology and in See also:correspondence. John Frederick married firstly See also:Agnes (d. 1555) daughter of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip, See also:landgrave of See also:Hesse, and widow of See also:Maurice, elector of Saxony, and secondly See also:Elizabeth (d. 1594) daughter of Frederick III., elector See also:palatine of the See also:Rhine, by whom he See also:left two sons, John Casimir (1564—1633) and John Ernest (1566-1638). Elizabeth shared her See also:husband's imprisonment for twenty-two years.
See A. See also:Beck, Johann See also:Friedrich der Mittlere, See also:Herzog zu Sachsen (Vienna, 1858) ; and F. Ortloff, Geschichte der Grumbachischen See also:Handel (See also:Jena, 1868-187o).
End of Article: JOHN FREDERICK (1529-1595)
Additional information and Comments
There are no comments yet for this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.
|
del.icio.us it!