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Nikolaus Krell (c. 1551 – 9 October 1601), chancellor of the elector of Saxony, was born at Leipzig, and educated at the university of his native town. About 1580 he entered the service of Christian I, the eldest son of Augustus I, elector of Saxony, and when Christian succeeded his father as elector in 1586, became his most influential counselor.
Nikolaus Krell, zeitgenössisch auch Nicolaus Crell, (* um 1550 in Leipzig; † 9. Oktober 1601 in Dresden) war ab 1589 der calvinistische Kanzler des Kurfürsten Christian I. von Sachsen . Leben. Nach der Ausbildung an der Fürstenschule in Grimma, wo er vom 27. Juli 1568 bis 1. März 1571 Schüler war, studierte er in Leipzig.
Krell: Nicolaus K, kursächsischer Kanzler unter Christian I. Er wurde geboren um das Jahr 1551 zu Leipzig, wo sein Vater als Rathsherr und Rechtsgelehrter wirkte. Gleich diesem widmete er sich den juristischen Studien.
Feb 1, 2011 · Nikolaus Krell, former Chancellor of Saxony, is executed after a six-year trial. As Chancellor, he had pursued pro-Calvinist policies and a foreign policy that turned away from loyalty to the Habsburgs, instead acting in concert with John Casimir, Henry IV of France and Elizabeth I of England.
Who was Nikolaus Krell? Nikolaus Krell, chancellor of the elector of Saxony, was born at Leipzig, and educated at the university of his native town. About 1580 he entered the service of Christian, the eldest son of Augustus I, elector of Saxony, and when Christian succeeded his father as elector in 1586, became his most influential counselor.
KRELL (CRELL), NIKOLAU Saxon statesman and religious reformer; b. in Leipsic c. 1550; beheaded at Dresden Oct. 9, 1601. He was the son of the jurist Wolfgang Krell, and studied at the Royal School at Grimma and at the University of Leipsic (B.A., 1572; M.A., 1575), concluding his education with a journey to Switzerland and France.
Crypto-Calvinism raised its head once more in the Electorate of Saxony in 1586, on the accession of Christian I, but on his death five years later it came to a sudden and bloody end with the murder of Nikolaus Krell as a victim to this unpopular revival of Calvinism.
