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John, Elector of Saxony

1468 - 1532

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John (30 June 1468 – 16 August 1532), known as John the Steadfast or John the Constant (Johann, der Beständige), was Elector of Saxony from 1525 until 1532 from the House of Wettin. He is notable for organising the Lutheran Church in the Electorate of Saxony from a state and administrative level. In that, he was aided by Martin Luther, whose "Saxon model" of a Lutheran church was also soon to be implemented beyond Saxony, in other territories of the Holy Roman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John, Elector of Saxony has received more than 352,228 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). John, Elector of Saxony is the 3,793rd most popular politician (down from 3,581st in 2019), the 1,034th most popular biography from Germany (down from 973rd in 2019) and the 297th most popular German Politician.

John, elector of Saxony is most famous for being the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany. He was the first person to translate the Bible into German.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John, Elector of Saxony ranks 3,793 out of 19,576. Before him are Ayşe Sultan, Álvaro Obregón, Louis, Prince Napoléon, Sin-Muballit, Kantarō Suzuki, and Robert Peel. After him are Juan Almeida Bosque, Jarmila Kratochvílová, Mithridates I of Pontus, Carolina Herrera, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, and Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1468, John, Elector of Saxony ranks 2. Before him is Pope Paul III. After him are Basil Fool for Christ, Charles I, Duke of Savoy, Juan de Zumárraga, Tomé Pires, Ibn Kemal, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Juan del Encina, Johannes Werner, Francesco Donato, and Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1532, John, Elector of Saxony ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad XII of Granada, Bernardino Luini, and Jan Gossaert. After him are Piri Mehmed Pasha, Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Tullio Lombardo, and William Warham.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John, Elector of Saxony ranks 1,034 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl von Linde (1842), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647), August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760), Johann Christoph Bach (1642), and Karin Schubert (1944). After him are Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1484), Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690), John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604), Godigisel (359), Emanuel Schikaneder (1751), and John McEnroe (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, John, Elector of Saxony ranks 297. Before him are Zwentibold (870), John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525), Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526), Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817), Emil Jellinek (1853), and Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647). After him are Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1484), Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690), John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604), Godigisel (359), Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern (1835), and Marie of Prussia (1825).

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