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John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony

1503 - 1554

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John Frederick I (German: Johann Friedrich I. von Sachsen, 30 June 1503 – 3 March 1554), called the Magnanimous (der Großmütige), was the Elector of Saxony (1532–1547) until he was deprived of this title in the Capitulation of Wittenberg by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony has received more than 291,828 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony is the 2,353rd most popular politician (down from 1,801st in 2019), the 641st most popular biography from Germany (down from 511th in 2019) and the 171st most popular German Politician.

John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, was born in 1443 and died in 1532. He was the son of Ernest, Duke of Saxony, and Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg. John Frederick I was most famous for his support of Martin Luther and his Protestant Reformation.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ranks 2,353 out of 19,576. Before him are Hage Geingob, Aleksandar Vučić, Urraca of León, Valdas Adamkus, Fausta, and Theudebert I. After him are Alfonso IX of León, Eric I of Denmark, Erich Mielke, Magnus IV of Sweden, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, and Léon Bourgeois.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1503, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ranks 9. Before him are Bronzino, Isabella of Portugal, Parmigianino, Christian III of Denmark, Henry II of Navarre, and Anne of Bohemia and Hungary. After him are Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Gerolama Orsini, Robert Estienne, Thomas Wyatt, Bartolomé Carranza, and Giovanni della Casa. Among people deceased in 1554, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ranks 4. Before him are Piri Reis, Lady Jane Grey, and Leo Africanus. After him are Sebastiano Serlio, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Hieronymus Bock, Sibylle of Cleves, Gaspara Stampa, and Pedro Cieza de León.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ranks 641 out of 7,253. Before him are George Grosz (1893), Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668), Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655), Michael Thonet (1796), Elizabeth Alexeievna (1779), and Erich Hoepner (1886). After him are Erich Mielke (1907), Erich Koch (1896), Manfred Gerlach (1928), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), and John of Saxony (1801).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony ranks 171. Before him are Gustav Heinemann (1899), Otto Strasser (1897), Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839), Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892), Heinrich Lübke (1894), and Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655). After him are Erich Mielke (1907), Erich Koch (1896), Manfred Gerlach (1928), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), John of Saxony (1801), and Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797).

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