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Henry IV _____, Duke of Saxony
b.16 Mar 1473 Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
d.18 Aug 1541 Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
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Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (16 March 1473, in Dresden – 18 August 1541, in Dresden) was a Duke of Saxony from the House of Wettin. Succeeding his brother George, Duke of Saxony, a fervent Catholic who sought to extinguish Lutheranism by any means possible, Henry established the Lutheran church as the state religion in his domains.
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