father predecessor successor succession house mother birth_place death_date death_place religion birth_date spouse issue image article_title reign
frederick ii , elector of saxony frederick ii frederick vi george george ii duke of saxony margrave of meissen house of wettin margaret of austria grimma 12 september 1500 emden roman catholicism 27 january 1443 sidonie podiebrad of bohemia catherine saxony henry iv , duke of saxony frederick , grand , master of the teutonic knights archduchess of austria george , duke of herzog-albrecht-der-beherzt . jpg albert iii , duke of saxony
 7 7 september 1464 & ndash ; 12 september 1500 september 1464 & ndash ; 12 september 1500
albert iii , duke of saxony

albert iii -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 27 january 1443 -- 12 september 1500 -rrb- was a duke of saxony .
he was nicknamed albert the bold or albert the courageous and founded the `` albertine line '' of the house of wettin .
