Frederick II, The Gentle was Prince-Elector and Arch-Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire, who ruled as Duke of Saxony and Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia. His succession laid the basis for
Near contemporary portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1464–1486), Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1428–1464) and Albert III, Duke of Saxony (1486–1500); Fürstenzug, Dresden, Germany
Frederick II of Saxony
Frederick I, the Belligerent or the Warlike, a member of the House of Wettin, ruled as Margrave of Meissen from 1407 and as Elector of Saxony from 1423 until his death. He secured the Saxon electorshi
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony
…forming the Ernestine and Albertine branches, through the Treaty of Leipzig (1485). Frederick was born in Leipzig, the eldest of the seven children of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, and Catherine of Brunswick and Lunenburg. After the death of his father in 1428 he took over the government together with his younger brothers William…
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger
Frederick the Warlike (left) with Ernest and Frederick II, Fürstenzug, Dresden
Tomb of Frederick I, Princes Chapel, Meissen Cathedral
Portal to the Princes Chapel, Meissen Cathedral