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 Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As an Austrian Habsburg Duke, he was Frederick V since 1424, and Frederick IV as king, while he only became Frederick III with his coronation as Holy Roman Emperor.
He married in 1452, when he was already 37, to the Princess Eleonore of Portugal, whose dowry helped him to alleviate his debts and cement his power.
Detail of "Aeneas Piccolomini Introduces Eleonora of Portugal to Frederick III" by Pinturicchio (1454-1513)
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 AllRefer.com - Frederick III, king of Denmark and Norway (Scandinavian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
The monarchy was declared hereditary, and the state administration was centralized and staffed by civil servants.
Frederick was succeeded by his son, Christian V. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press.
A constitution granting absolute power to a hereditary monarch was published after Frederick's death (see Griffenfeld).
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 Frederick III on Encyclopedia.com
After the death (1457) of Ladislaus, Frederick relinquished Bohemia to George of Podebrad and Hungary to Matthias Corvinus.
In his relations with the Roman Catholic Church, Frederick was guided by his secretary, the brilliant Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (later Pope Pius II).
In 1486, Maximilian was elected king of the Romans, or German king, and after 1490, Frederick resigned most of his duties to his son.
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 Frederick III, Elector of Saxony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Friedrich III (January 17, 1463 – May 5, 1525), also known as Frederick the Wise, was Elector of Saxony (from the House of Wettin) from 1486 to his death.
Frederick was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Albert, Duke of Bavaria.
He succeeded his father as Elector in 1486; in 1502, he founded the University of Wittenberg, where Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon taught.
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 The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Frederick III (1415-1493)@ HighBeam Research
In 1463 he united Upper and Lower Austria under his rule, taking the title of Frederick V, Archduke of Austria.
Frederick was an incapable ruler, and towards the end of his reign handed over the government of his lands to his son, Maximilian I. The marriage of Maximilian with Mary, daughter and heiress of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, made the Habsburg family one of the greatest dynasties...
The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Frederick III (1415-1493)@ HighBeam Research
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