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Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, known as Frederick the Wise, ruled the Ernestine electorate from 1486 to 1525. He founded the University of Wittenberg in 1502, where Martin Luther taught, and protected Luther after his condemnation, refusing to surrender him after the Diet of Worms in 1521 and hiding him at the Wartburg. He was a respected imperial statesman and was considered for the imperial crown in 1519.
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