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Frederick I, Elector of Saxony

1370 - 1428

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Frederick I, the Belligerent or the Warlike (German: Friedrich der Streitbare; 11 April 1370 – 4 January 1428), a member of the House of Wettin, ruled as Margrave of Meissen from 1407 and Elector of Saxony (as Frederick I) from 1423 until his death. He is not to be confused with his cousin Landgrave Frederick IV of Thuringia, the son of Landgrave Balthasar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony has received more than 369,587 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Frederick I, Elector of Saxony is the 3,320th most popular politician (up from 3,578th in 2019), the 901st most popular biography from Germany (up from 983rd in 2019) and the 262nd most popular German Politician.

Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, was born in 1463 and died in 1525. He was a prince elector of the Holy Roman Empire and the founder of the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin. He is most famous for being one of the most powerful princes in the Holy Roman Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ranks 3,320 out of 15,577Before him are Henri Christophe, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, Abdoulaye Wade, Agnes of Poitou, Mohamed Ghannouchi, and Afonso I of Kongo. After him are Emperor Sujin, Ramiro II of Aragon, John George, Elector of Brandenburg, Cleopatra Selene of Syria, William I of Württemberg, and Viracocha Inca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1370, Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ranks 8Before him are Antipope John XXIII, Isabeau of Bavaria, Leonardo Bruni, Olaf II of Denmark, Gentile da Fabriano, and John VII Palaiologos. After him are Lorenzo Monaco, Erasmo of Narni, Švitrigaila, William, Duke of Austria, Antipope Clement VIII, and Johannes Ciconia. Among people deceased in 1428, Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ranks 3Before him are Masaccio and Andrei Rublev. After him are Emperor Shōkō, Sophia of Bavaria, Zawisza Czarny, Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy, Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Andronikos Palaiologos, and Maxtla.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ranks 901 out of 6,142Before him are Günther Rall (1918), Gershom Scholem (1897), Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755), Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1946), and Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1635). After him are Reinhard Scheer (1863), John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525), Kurt Koffka (1886), Thietmar of Merseburg (975), William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493), and Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1173).

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