William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

Wilhelm
Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Jena
Reign1620–1662
PredecessorJohann Ernst I
SuccessorJohann Ernst II in Saxe-Weimar
Bernhard II in Saxe-Jena
Ruler of Saxe-Eisenach
Reign1644–1662
PredecessorAlbrecht
SuccessorAdolf Wilhelm in Saxe-Eisenach
Johann Georg in Saxe-Marksuhl
Born(1598-04-11)11 April 1598
Altenburg
Died17 May 1662(1662-05-17) (aged 64)
Weimar
SpouseEleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau
IssuePrince Wilhelm, Hereditary Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Jena
Johann Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Prince Johann Wilhelm
Adolf Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Johann Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Marksuhl
Princess Wilhelmine Eleonore
Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena
Prince Frederick
Dorothea Marie, Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz
HouseHouse of Wettin
FatherJohann, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
MotherDorothea Maria of Anhalt
ReligionLutheran

Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (Altenburg, 11 April 1598 – Weimar, 17 May 1662), was a duke of Saxe-Weimar.

William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Portrait, William duke of Saxe-Weimar on lit de parade - Skoklosters slott

Wilhelm was the fifth (but third surviving) son of Johann, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt. He was brother to Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, a successful Protestant general in the Thirty Years' War, and to Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (later Altenburg), a successful and well regarded ruler known as "The Pious".


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