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Born March 21, 1521 • Freiberg • Germany
Died July 9, 1553 (aged 32) • Germany
House / Dynasty Wettin dynasty
Henry III, detail of a sandstone figure from his tomb, 1227; in the Cathedral of St. Blasius, Brunswick
Henry III
duke of Bavaria and Saxony
Friedrich Ferdinand, Graf von Beust.
Friedrich Ferdinand, Graf von Beust
prime minister of Austria
John George I of Saxony
elector of Saxony
Grumbach, engraving by Matthias Zündt
Wilhelm von Grumbach
German knight
Albert
Albert
king of Saxony
Augustus
elector of Saxony
Adalbert
archbishop of Bremen
John Frederick the Magnanimous, portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder; in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
John Frederick
elector of Saxony
Henry X, detail from an engraving
Henry X
duke of Bavaria
Frederick Augustus I
king of Saxony
Heinrich, Reichsgraf von Brühl
Heinrich, count von Brühl
prime minister of Saxony
John
elector of Saxony
Otto von Pack
German politician
Frederick III
Frederick III
elector of Saxony
Christian of Anhalt
Protestant prince
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, detail from an engraving, 1854
Frederick Augustus II
king of Saxony
John George III
elector of Saxony
John Frederick
duke of Saxony
Hans Kohlhase
German brigand
John George IV
elector of Saxony