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John, Elector of Saxony

1468 - 1532

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John (30 June 1468 – 16 August 1532), 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John, Elector of Saxony has received more than 326,370 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John, Elector of Saxony is the 3,591st most popular politician (down from 2,372nd in 2019), the 973rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 653rd in 2019) and the 288th most popular German Politician.

John, elector of Saxony is most famous for being the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Germany. He was the first person to translate the Bible into German.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John, Elector of Saxony ranks 3,591 out of 15,577. Before him are Pepin II of Aquitaine, Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, Abu'l-Fida, Zoran Milanović, and Alexios I of Trebizond. After him are Masamune, Muhammad al-Nasir, Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria, Kato Svanidze, Vladimir Kryuchkov, and Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1468, John, Elector of Saxony ranks 2. Before him is Pope Paul III. After him are Charles I, Duke of Savoy, Basil Fool for Christ, Tomé Pires, Juan de Zumárraga, Juan del Encina, Francesco Donato, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria, Ibn Kemal, and Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1532, John, Elector of Saxony ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad XII of Granada, Jan Gossaert, and Bernardino Luini. After him are Piri Mehmed Pasha, Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Tullio Lombardo, and William Warham.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John, Elector of Saxony ranks 973 out of 6,142. Before him are Robert Huber (1937), Paul Natorp (1854), Heinrich Barth (1821), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), Johannes Frießner (1892), and Hans Oster (1887). After him are Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719), Georg Bednorz (1950), Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887), Günther Lütjens (1889), John B. Goodenough (1922), and Felix Magath (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, John, Elector of Saxony ranks 288. Before him are Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (920), Emil Maurice (1897), Harald Quandt (1921), Lothar von Richthofen (1894), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), and Hans Oster (1887). After him are Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp (1636), Godigisel (359), Henry II, Duke of Austria (1107), Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823), Emil Jellinek (1853), and Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (1658).

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