Elector of Brandenburg

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Joachim II Hector, Elector Of Brandenburg - Biography
... part to assist Joachim Nestor's younger brother, the Archbishop-Elector Albert of Mainz, who had incurred huge debts with the banking house of Fugger in order to pay the Holy See for his elevation to the ... In the neighbouring Electorate of Saxony, Elector John Frederick I forbade the sale of indulgences, not because he disagreed with them in principle, but because his candidate for the see ... subject Martin Luther persuaded the Elector to reject indulgences ...