Frederick I, Elector of Saxony

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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.

Biography

He was the eldest son of Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Catherine of Henneberg. After the death of his uncle William I, Margrave of Meissen in 1407, he was made governor of the Margraviate of Meissen together with his brother William II as well as with his cousin Frederick IV (son of Balthasar), until their possessions were divided in 1410 and 1415.

In the German town war of 1388, he assisted

The danger to Germany from the

After the death of his brother William, Frederick became the ruler over the entire possession of the House of Wettin except Thuringia.

In 1409, Frederick and his brother William founded the

Frederick I married Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1442), daughter of Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg on 7 February 1402 and had 7 children:^[1]

1. Catherine, died young;
2. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412–1464);
3. Sigismund, Bishop of Würzburg, (3 March 1416 – 24 December 1471);
4. Anna, (5 June 1420 – 17 September 1462), married to Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse
   ;
5. Catherine, (1421 – 23 August 1476, Berlin), married to Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg
   ;
6. Henry, (21 May 1422 – 22 July 1435);
7. William III, Duke of Luxemburg
   (1425–1482), Landgrave of Thuringia

Ancestry

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Frederick I., Elector of Saxony". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 59.