John, Elector of Saxony
John (30 June 1468 – 16 August 1532),[1] known as John the Steadfast or John the Constant (Johann, der Beständige), was Elector of Saxony from 1525 until 1532 from the House of Wettin.
John
5 May 1525 – 16 August 1532
30 June 1468
Meissen, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
16 August 1532 (aged 64)
Schweinitz, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Roman Catholic (1468–1525)
Lutheran (1525–1532)
He is notable for organising the Lutheran Church in the Electorate of Saxony from a state and administrative level. In that, he was aided by Martin Luther, whose "Saxon model" of a Lutheran church was also soon to be implemented beyond Saxony, in other territories of the Holy Roman Empire. Luther turned to the Elector for secular leadership and funds on behalf of a church largely shorn of its assets and income after the break with Rome.[2]
He played a part in the Protestation at Speyer.
Sophie of Mecklenburg (1481–1503)
Johann Frederick I
John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg 1521–1553
In Torgau on 1 March 1500 Johann married firstly Sophie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, daughter of Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg. They had one son:
On 13 November 1513 Johann married secondly Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen in Torgau. They had four children: