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[Up] [Dromo's Den] Frederick III Biography FREDERICK III, called THE FAIR (c.1286-1330). German King and Duke of Austria. He failed to gain the throne after the death of his father, Albert I, and he quarreled with his cousin Louis IV, Duke of Upper Bavaria, who defeated him at the battle of Gammelsdorf in 1313. After the death of Henry VII; who had succeeded Albert I, a minority of the electors chose Frederick as German King (1314), and he was crowned by the Archbishop of Cologne; his cousin Louis was the choice of the majority of the electors. War was continued between the two rivals until Frederick was defeated and captured at Mühldorf in 1322. He was released from captivity in 1325, but shortly afterward returned to the custody of Louis according to a previous agreement between the two. His return to captivity is referred to by Schiller in the poem Deutsche Treue. The New International Encyclopaedia Vol. IX (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920) 209. |