See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

FREDERICK I  . (1369-1428), surnamed " the Warlike," elector and See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• SAXONY
• SAXONY (Ger. Provinz Sachsen)

Saxony, was the eldest son of See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick " the Stern," See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Osterland, and See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine, daughter and heiress of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VIII., count of See also:

• COBURG

Coburg . He was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ALTENBURG

Altenburg on the 29th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1369, and was a member of the See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• WETTIN

Wettin . When his See also:

• FATHER

father died in 1381 some trouble arose over the family possessions, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year an arrangement was made by which Frederick and his See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers shared See also:

• MEISSEN

Meissen and Thuringia with their uncles Balthasar and See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William . Frederick's See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George died in 1402, and his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle William in 1407 . A further dispute then arose, but in 1410 a treaty was made at See also:

• NAUMBURG

Naumburg, when Frederick and his brother William added the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• PART

part of Meissen to their lands; and in 1425 the See also:

• DEATH

death of William See also:

• LEFT

left Frederick See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole ruler . In the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• TOWN

town See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of 1388 he assisted Frederick V. of See also:

• HOHENZOLLERN

Hohenzollern, See also:

• BURGRAVE

burgrave of See also:

• NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg, and in 1391 did the same for the See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

Order against See also:

• LADISLAUS [I.]

Ladislaus V., See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland and See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of Lithuania . He supported See also:

• RUPERT (1352—1410)
• RUPERT (HRODBERT), ST
• RUPERT, PRINCE, COUNT PALATINE OF THE RHINE AND DUKE OF BAVARIA (1619—1682)

Rupert III., elector See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

palatine of the See also:

• RHINE (Lat. Rhenus, Ger. Rhein, Fr. Rhin, Dutch Rhyn, or Rijn)

Rhine, in his struggle with King See also:

• WENCESLAUS (1361-1419)

Wenceslaus for the German See also:

• THRONE

throne, probably because Wenceslaus refused to fulfil a promise to give him his See also:

• SISTER

sister See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna in See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage . The danger to See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany from the See also:

• HUSSITES

Hussites induced Frederick to ally himself with the German and Bohemian king See also:

• SIGISMUND (1368-1437)

Sigismund; and he took a leading part in the war against them, during the earlier years of which he met with considerable success . In the See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution of this enterprise Frederick spent large sums of See also:

• MONEY

money, for which he received various places in Bohemia and elsewhere in See also:

• PLEDGE

pledge from Sigismund, who further rewarded him in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1423 with the vacant electoral duchy of See also:

• SAXE, JOHN GODFREY (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

Saxe-See also:

• WITTENBERG

Wittenberg; and Frederick's formal See also:

• INVESTITURE (Late Lat. investitura)

investiture followed at Ofen on the 1st of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1425 . Thus spurred to renewed efforts against the Hussites, the elector was endeavouring to rouse the German princes to aid him in prosecuting this war when the Saxon See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army was almost annihilated at See also:

• AUSSIG (Czech Ousti ned Labem)

Aussig on the 16th of August 1426 . Returning to Saxony, Frederick died at Altenburg on the 4th of January 1428, and was buried in the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral at Meissen .

In 1402 he married Catherine of See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick, by whom he left four sons and two daughters . In 1409, in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with his brother William, he founded the university of See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, for the benefit of German students who had just left the university of See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague . Frederick's importance as an See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical figure arises from his having obtained the electorate of Saxe-Wittenberg for the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of Wettin, and transformed the margraviate of Meissen into the territory which afterwards became the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of Saxony . In addition to the king of Saxony, the sovereigns of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and of the Belgians are his See also:

• DIRECT

direct descendants . There is a See also:

• LIFE

life of Frederick by G . See also:

• SPALATIN, GEORGE

Spalatin in the Scriptores rerum Germanicarum praecipue Saxonicarum, See also:

• BAND

Band ii., edited by J . B . Mencke (Leipzig, 1728–1730) . See also C . W . See also:

• BOTTIGER, KARL AUGUST (176o-1835)

Bottiger and Th . Flathe, Geschichte See also:

• DES

des Kurstaates and Konigreichs Sachsen (See also:

• GOTHA

Gotha, 1867–1873) ; and J .

G . See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

Horn, Lebens- and Heldengeschichte Friedrichs des Streitbaren (Leipzig, 1733) .