{"slug": "frederick-ii-elector-of-saxony", "label": "Frederick II, Elector of Saxony", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_II%2C_Elector_of_Saxony", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702602", "qid": "Q702602", "description": "elector of Saxony (1428–1464) and landgrave of Thuringia (1440–1445)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1412, 1464], "span_label": ["1412 CE", "1464 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "thuringia", "label": "Thuringia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "duchy-of-saxony", "label": "Duchy of Saxony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "leipzig", "label": "Leipzig", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "elector-of-saxony", "label": "Elector of Saxony", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1412, "year_label": "1412 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22 – Frederick II, Elector of Saxony and Margrave of Meissen (1428–1464) and Landgrave of Thuringia (1440–1445) (d. 1464)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357537157#Births", "title": "1412", "revid": 1357537157, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1428, "year_label": "1428 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 4", "text": "January 4 – Friedrich II of the House of Wettin, nicknamed \"Friedrich, der Sanftmütige\" (\"Frederick the Gentle\") becomes the new Elector of Saxony at the age of 15, upon the death of his father \"Frederick the Warlike\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359832254#January–March", "title": "1428", "revid": 1359832254, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1443, "year_label": "1443 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – At the age of 16 months old, Charlotte of Savoy, daughter of Louis, Duke of Savoy, is betrothed in a ceremony to Frederick III of the House of Wettin, the 4-year-old son of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony. No marriage takes place, however, and Charlotte will marry the Crown Prince of France in 1451.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349474708#January–March", "title": "1443", "revid": 1349474708, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1445, "year_label": "1445 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 16", "text": "July 16 – In Germany, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony and his brother William III, Duke of Luxembourg, agree to negotiate the Division of Altenburg, in hopes of peacefully splitting lands in Thuringia which they had inherited from their father's cousin, Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372937#July–September", "title": "1445", "revid": 1370372937, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1445, "year_label": "1445 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 11", "text": "December 11 – At a monastery in Neuwerk in Halle, with the mediation of the Landgrave Louis II of Hesse, the Archbishop Frederick III of Magdeburg, and the Margrave Frederick II of Brandenburg, William III, Duke of Luxembourg and his brother Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, the two surviving sons of Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, make a final attempt to agree on the division of lands in Thuringia which they had inherited from their father's cousin, Frederick IV, Landgrave of Thuringia. Despite the mediation, Frederick of Saxony and William of Luxembourg are not able to agree and the Saxon Fratricidal War begins a few months later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372937#October–December", "title": "1445", "revid": 1370372937, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1451, "year_label": "1451 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 27", "text": "January 27 – The Saxon Brother War between Frederick II, Elector of Saxony and William III, Landgrave of Thuringia is ended as two brothers sign a peace treaty at Naumburg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358547324#January–March", "title": "1451", "revid": 1358547324, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1464, "year_label": "1464 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – At Leipzig, Ernest, Landgrave of Thuringia, 23, becomes the new Elector of Saxony upon the death of his father, Friederich II, while his younger brother Albert III, 21, succeeds his father as the new Duke of Saxony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367795127#July–September", "title": "1464", "revid": 1367795127, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}