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Elector of Saxony, who founded the University of Wittenberg and kept Luther safe at the Wartburg.

1463 – 5 May 1525

Frederick the Wise. Elector of Saxony, who founded the University of Wittenberg and kept Luther safe at the Wartburg.

4 May 1521 – 1 Mar 1522

Frederick the Wise intervened in Luther at the Wartburg. The elector’s castle, where he decided to keep Luther.

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