Duke Maurice of Thuringia

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Duke
gptkbp:alliance Alliance_with_Philip_of_Hesse
gptkbp:birthDate 1521-03-21
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Weimar,_Thuringia
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St._Peter's_Church,_Weimar
gptkbp:children gptkb:Elizabeth_of_Saxony
gptkb:Agnes_of_Saxony
gptkb:Maurice_of_Saxony
gptkb:Catherine_of_Saxony
gptkb:John_Frederick_II_of_Saxony
gptkbp:contemporary gptkb:Duke_William_of_Hesse
gptkb:Duke_George_of_Saxony
gptkb:Duke_Albert_of_Prussia
gptkb:Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
gptkb:Martin_Luther
gptkb:Philip_Melanchthon
gptkb:John_Frederick_I_of_Saxony
gptkb:Duke_Francis_of_Saxe-Lauenburg
gptkb:Duke_Henry_of_Brunswick
gptkb:Duke_Ernest_of_Gotha
Elector August of Saxony
Duke_Wolfgang_of_Anhalt.
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:Reformation_in_Germany
gptkbp:culturalImpact Patron_of_the_arts
gptkbp:deathDate 1553-07-09
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Weimar,_Thuringia
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:House_of_Wettin
gptkbp:diplomaticRelations Relations_with_the_Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Wittenberg
gptkbp:father gptkb:Duke_John_Frederick_I
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Renaissance
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Key_figure_in_the_Schmalkaldic_War
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Wettin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Duke Maurice of Thuringia
gptkbp:influence Lutheran Reformation
gptkbp:knownFor Military leadership
gptkbp:legacy Influence_on_German_politics
gptkbp:marriageDate 1541
gptkbp:militaryRank Duke
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Catherine_of_Saxony
gptkbp:nationality German
gptkbp:notableBattle Sievershausen
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation Protestant
gptkbp:politicalPosition Realpolitik
gptkbp:politicalRole gptkb:Elector_of_Saxony
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Duke_John_Frederick_I
gptkbp:reignEnd 1553
gptkbp:reignStart 1541
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkbp:significantEvent Battle of Sievershausen
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Duchess_Agnes_of_Hohenlohe
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Duke_John_Frederick_II
gptkbp:title gptkb:Duke_of_Thuringia
Duke of Saxe