Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Frederick III, Elector of Saxony across 5 places, from 1486 to 1525.
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Frederick III (17 January 1463 – 5 May 1525), also known as Frederick the Wise, was Prince-elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, who is mostly remembered for the protection given to his subject Martin Luther, the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Frederick III, Elector of Saxony was documented, and when
1486year
Torgauattested“Born in Torgau, he succeeded his father as elector in 1486; in 1502, he founded the University of Wittenberg with his childhood friend Johann von Staupitz, where theologians Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon would teach a while later.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
1525year
Annaburgattested“Frederick died unmarried in 1525, aged 62 years old, at Lochau, a hunting castle near Annaburg (30 km southeast of Wittenberg), and was buried in the Castle Church at Wittenberg, with a grave tomb sculpted by Peter Vischer the Younger.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
1525year
All Saints' Church, Wittenbergattested“Frederick died unmarried in 1525, aged 62 years old, at Lochau, a hunting castle near Annaburg (30 km southeast of Wittenberg), and was buried in the Castle Church at Wittenberg, with a grave tomb sculpted by Peter Vischer the Younger.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
1525year
Wittenbergattested“Frederick died unmarried in 1525, aged 62 years old, at Lochau, a hunting castle near Annaburg (30 km southeast of Wittenberg), and was buried in the Castle Church at Wittenberg, with a grave tomb sculpted by Peter Vischer the Younger.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
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Lochauattested“Frederick died unmarried in 1525, aged 62 years old, at Lochau, a hunting castle near Annaburg (30 km southeast of Wittenberg), and was buried in the Castle Church at Wittenberg, with a grave tomb sculpted by Peter Vischer the Younger.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
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1507 to 1508period
University of Wittenbergmentioned“Martin Luther, an Augustinian friar whose spiritual director was Johann von Staupitz, was ordained to the priesthood in 1507, and on the following year, in 1508, he began teaching theology at the University of Wittenberg, which was locat…”source: Wikipedia: Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
1516year
Germanymentioned“In 1516, Johann Tetzel, a Dominican friar, was sent to Germany by the Roman Catholic Church to sell indulgences to raise money in order to rebuild St.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
December 1521month
Wittenbergmentioned“After secretly visiting Wittenberg in early December 1521, Luther wrote A Sincere Admonition by Martin Luther to All Christians to Guard Against Insurrection and Rebellion.”source: Wikipedia: Frederick III, Elector of Saxony
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