Albrecht III, Duke of Saxony, 1443-1500
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Name (Latin)
Albrecht III, Duke of Saxony, 1443-1500
Other forms of name
Albert, Herzog von Sachsen, 1443-1500
Albert, le Courageux, 1443-1500
Albert, the Courageous, 1443-1500
Albertus, Saxonia, Dux, 1443-1500
Albrecht III, Animosus, 1443-1500
Albrecht, der Beherzte, 1443-1500
Albrecht, Herzog von Sachsen, 1443-1500
Albrecht, Markgraf von Meissen, 1443-1500
Date of birth
1443-07-31
Date of death
1500-09-12
Place of birth
Grimma (Germany)
Place of death
Emden (Lower Saxony, Germany)
Associated country
Germany
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Library of congress:
no2025037687
OCoLC:
oca16778125
DLC:
no2025037687
Sources of Information
- Reise Herzog Albrechts von Sachsen im Morgenland im Jahre 1476 ( (1975 (Stiftsbibliothek Melk, Codex Mellicensis 1574) (online via HMML), viewed on March 28, 2025) )
- Dt. Adliger; Herzog von Sachsen; Markgraf von Meissen; Gubernator von Friesland; 31.01.1443-12.09.1500; born Grimma, died Emden; variants: Albert, Herzog von Sachsen; Albert, le Courageux; Albertus, Saxonia, Dux; Albrecht, Herzog von Sachsen; Albrecht, Markgraf von Meissen; Albrecht, der Beherzte ( ("Albrecht, Sachsen, Herzog," CERL Thesaurus (online), viewed on July 8, 2024) )
- Albrecht der Beherzte ( (Deutsche Biographie, accessed July 8, 2024) )
- Duke of Saxony, was born on 31 July 1443, the son of Friedrich II ('Frederick the Mild'), elector and duke of Saxony, and his wife Margaret, daughter of the duke of Styria; kidnapped July 1455 (the Prinzenraub), but rescued; ruled jointly with brothers from 1464, but in 1485 duchy was divided and he received Meissen and Osterland; descendants known as "the Albertine line of the Wettin family"; imperial soldier in campaigns against Charles the Bold (1475) and Matthias Corvinus (1487); died at Emden on 12 September 1500 ( (Gordon Campbell, "Albrecht III Animosus or Albert the Courageous," in Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance (online), viewed on July 8, 2024) )