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  Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederick III of Habsburg (Innsbruck, September 21, 1415 – August 19, 1493 in Linz) was elected as German King as the successor of Albert II in 1440.
Frederick was the last Emperor to be crowned in Rome, being crowned in 1452 by Pope Nicholas V.
Ultimately, Frederick prevailed in all those conflicts by outliving his opponents and sometimes inheriting their lands from, such as in the case of Ladislaus Posthumus, from whom he gained Lower Austria in 1457, and Albert VI, whom he succeeded in Upper Austria.
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 Frederick III, Elector of Saxony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederick in an engraved portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1524
Frederick was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Albert, Duke of Bavaria.
Frederick was Pope Leo X's candidate for Holy Roman Emperor in 1519—the pope had awarded him the Golden Rose of virtue on September 3, 1518—, but he helped secure the election of Charles V.
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 AllRefer.com - Frederick III, king of Denmark and Norway (Scandinavian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Frederick III 1609–70, king of Denmark and Norway (1648–70), son and successor of Christian IV.
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.
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 Frederick III on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
He became head of the house of Hapsburg at the death (1439) of his distant cousin Albert II, whom he was elected (1440) to succeed as German king.
Frederick's greatest success was his acquisition of Burgundy, including the Netherlands and Belgium, for the house of Hapsburg.
In 1473 at an interview at Trier with Charles the Bold of Burgundy, Frederick attempted to arrange the marriage of his son, later King Maximilian I, to Charles's daughter Mary of Burgundy.
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 Encyclopedia: Frederick III of Saxony
Frederick was Pope Leo X's candidate for Holy Roman Emperor in 1519, but helped secure the election of Charles V.
Frederick secured an exemption from the Edict of Worms for Saxony, and ensured Luther would be heard before the Diet of Worms in 1521.
He protected Luther from the Emperor and Pope by taking him into custody at Wartburg Castle after the Diet of Worms.
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 Encyclopedia article on Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor [EncycloZine]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Frederick III of Habsburg (born September 21 in Innsbruck, 1415; died August 19, 1493 in Linz) was elected as German King as the successor of Albert II in 1440.
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 The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Frederick III (1415-1493)@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
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...
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