Henry IV, Duke of Saxony

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Henry IV
Duke of Saxony Margrave of Meissen Lord of Friesland
Portrait of Henry IV by Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Duke of Saxony Margrave of Meissen
Reign	17 April 1539 – 18 August 1541
Predecessor	George
Successor	Maurice
Born	16 March 1473 Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Died	18 August 1541(1541-08-18) (aged 68) Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Burial	Freiberg Cathedral
Spouse	Catherine of Mecklenburg
Issue	Sybille, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg Emilie, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach Sidonie, Duchess of Brunswick-Kalenberg Maurice, Elector of Saxony Prince Severinus Augustus, Elector of Saxony
Names Heinrich der Fromme
House	House of Wettin Albertine Line
Father	Albert III, Duke of Saxony
Mother	Sidonie of Poděbrady
Religion	Lutheran (1536-1541) Roman Catholic (1473-1536)

Henry IV the Pious, Duke of Saxony (German: Heinrich der Fromme) (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.^[1]