Albert III, Duke of Saxony
Duke of Saxony (1443-1500) · Politicians · Died at 57
Albert III was Duke of Saxony from 1464 to 1500. Known as Albert the Bold or Albert the Courageous, he founded the Albertine line of the House of Wettin.
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Initially, he ruled jointly with his older brother Ernest, Elector of Saxony, but upon division of Wettinian lands by the Treaty of Leipzig (1485), he became a sole ruler in his own domain, known is historiography as the Albertine Duchy of Saxony.
