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Duke John Frederick of Saxe-Weimar (19 September 1600 in Altenburg – 17 October 1628 in Weimar) was a Duke of Saxe-Weimar. Life. John Frederick was a son of Duke John II of Saxe-Weimar and his wife Dorothea Maria of Anhalt.
- 19 September 1600, Altenburg
- John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
- 17 October 1628 (aged 28), Weimar
- Dorothea Maria of Anhalt
Duke Frederick of Saxe-Weimar (1 March 1596 in Altenburg – 29 August 1622 in Fleurus, Belgium) was a prince from the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin and a Colonel in the Thirty Years' War. Life. Duke Frederick was the son of John II of Saxe-Weimar and his wife Dorothea Maria of Anhalt, sister of Prince Louis I of Anhalt
- 1 March 1596, Altenburg
- John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
- 29 August 1622 (aged 26), Fleurus, Belgium
- Dorothea Maria of Anhalt
- Division of Leipzig
- Division of Erfurt
- Thirty Years' War
- Weimar Classicism
In the late 15th century much of what is now Thuringia, including the area around Weimar, was held by the Wettin Electors of Saxony. According to the 1485 Treaty of Leipzig, the Wettin lands had been divided between Elector Ernest of Saxony and his younger brother Albert III, with the western lands in Thuringia together with the electoral dignitygo...
John Frederick II was succeeded by his younger brother John William at Weimar, who in a short time also fell out of favour with the emperor by his alliance with King Charles IX of France. In 1572 Maximilian II enforced the Division of Erfurt, whereby the Ernestine lands were divided among Duke John William and the two surviving sons of imprisoned J...
At the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War, Duke Johann Ernst I supported the Protestant Bohemian estates under the "Winter King" Frederick V of the Palatinate, who were defeated at the 1620 Battle of White Mountain. Stripped of his title by Emperor Ferdinand II, he remained a fierce opponent of the Catholic Habsburg dynasty and died on Ernst von Man...
Upon the death of John George's descendant Wilhelm Heinrich in 1741, Duke Ernest Augustus I of Saxe-Weimar also inherited the Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach. He then ruled both duchies in personal union and decisively forwarded the development of his estates by the implementation of the primogenitureprinciple. His son Ernest Augustus II, who succeeded him ...
Upon the death of Duke John Frederick I in 1553, Saxe-Thuringen itself was divided to form Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Gotha (both in their initial guises).
Duke of Saxe-Weimar. Also known as Johann Friedrich. Born on 19 September 1600 in Altenburg Died on 17 October 1628 in Weimar »
Description. Woodcut of John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. The three sons of John Frederick I the Magnanimous are pictures seated at a table, each in plumed hats, slashed doublets, and robes edged in fur.
John Frederick I. Elector of Saxony and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (1503-1554) Juan Federico por Lucas Cranach el Viejo (1529) image. coat of arms image. Upload media. Wikipedia. Date of birth. 30 June 1503.
