Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony information

The Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony is a tempera-on-canvas painting by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, executed in 1496. It is housed in...

Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire where he was known as Frederick Augustus II (German: Friedrich August II). He was the only legitimate son of Augustus...

member of the House of Wettin who reigned as the last Elector of Saxony from 1763 to 1806 (as Frederick Augustus III) and as the first King of Saxony from...

member of the House of Wettin. He was the eldest son of Maximilian, Prince of Saxony – younger son of the Elector Frederick Christian of Saxony – by his...

bore a portrait of Frederick III of Saxony (1486–1525). The groschen were the first coins in Saxon coinage history with a portrait of the regent. Zinsgroschen...

hereditary in his house, his eldest son, Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, succeeded him to the Polish throne as Augustus III of Poland although he had to be installed...

Frederick III (Danish: Frederik; 18 March 1609 – 9 February 1670) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death in 1670. He also governed under...

Elector of Saxony. Frederick II of Denmark (1534–1588), succeeded as King of Denmark and Norway. Magnus of Denmark (1540–1583), became Duke of Holstein...

Frederick William III (German: Friedrich Wilhelm III.; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840...

portrayed with skepticism and resentment, resulting in the prevailing portrait of Frederick as a man and as king: an unlettered, inebriated, brutish sot. This...

17 November 1757) was the Queen of Poland and Electress of Saxony by marriage to Augustus III. From 1711 to 1717, she was heiress presumptive to the Habsburg...