Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg

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Rudolf III
Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
RudolfIIISachsenWittenberg.jpg
16th century depiction
Elector of Saxony
Reign 1388–1419
Predecessor Wenceslaus I
Successor Albert III
Spouse(s) Anna of Meissen
Barbara of Legnica
Noble family House of Ascania
Father Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Mother Cecilia of Carrara
Born c.  1373
Wittenberg, Saxony
Died 11 June 1419(1419-06-11)
Bohemia
Buried Franciscan monastery in Wittenberg

Rudolf III (c. 1373 – 11 June 1419), a member of the House of Ascania, was Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg and Elector of Saxony from 1388 until his death.

Life

He was probably born at the Saxon Wittenberg residence, the eldest son of Duke Wenceslaus I of Saxe-Wittenberg and his wife Cecilia, daughter of Francesco I da Carrara, Lord of Padua.

Rudolf III took up government after his father's sudden death on 15 May 1388. Rudolf was involved in a long-running dispute with the Archbishopric of Magdeburg. He donated numerous gifts to the Wittenberg All Saints' Church.

Like his father, Rudolf was a loyal supporter of the Imperial House of Luxembourg. In 1419, Emperor Sigismund sent him to Bohemia, in order to quash the Hussite uprising that had begun with the Defenestration of Prague. He died on his way there, probably after being poisoned.

Rudolf was buried in the Franciscan monastery in Wittenberg. His coffin was moved to the crypt of the Wittenberg All Saints' Church in the 19th century, and to the family grave during the Second World War. As he had outlived his male heirs, he was succeeded by his younger brother Albert III.

Marriage and issue

About 1387/89 Rudolf married with Anna of Meissen (d. 4 July 1395), a daughter of the Wettin landgrave Balthasar of Thuringia and secondly in March 1396 with Barbara (d. 17 May 1435), daughter of the Piast duke Rupert I of Legnica.

He had five children:

Ancestors

Family of Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Albert I, Duke of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Albert II, Duke of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Helen of Brunswick-Lünenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Rudolph I of Germany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Agnes of Habsburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Gertrude of Hohenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Wenceslas I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Günther I, Count of Lindow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Ulrich I, Count of Lindow-Ruppin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Euphemia of Rügen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Agnes of Lindow-Ruppin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Meinher, Count of Schladen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Adelaide of Schladen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Adelaide of Werberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Niccolo da Carrara
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Jacopo II da Carrara
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Elena Torre
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Francesco I da Carrara
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Costanza da Polenta dei Signori di Ravenna
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Cecilia of Carrara
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Fina Buzzacarini
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
Born: c. 1373 Died: 11 June 1419
Preceded by Elector of Saxony
1388–1419		 Succeeded by
Albert III
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