Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

Duke of Saxe-Weimar Wilhelm
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born on | 11 April 1598 Jul.Cal. (21 Apr 1598 greg.) at 02:00 (= 02:00 AM ) | ||||
Place | Altenburg, Germany, 50n59, 12e26 | ||||
Timezone | LMT m12e26 (is local mean time) | ||||
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Biography
German nobleman, a duke of Saxe-Weimar. 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". On 23 May 1625, Wilhelm married Eleonore Dorothea, daughter of John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. They had nine children. He died in Weimar, 17 May 1662.
Relationships
- parent->child relationship with Adolf Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (born 15 May 1632 Jul.Cal. (25 May 1632 greg.))
- parent->child relationship with Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena (born 21 February 1638 Jul.Cal. (3 Mar 1638 greg.))
- parent->child relationship with Johann Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (born 11 September 1627 Jul.Cal. (21 Sep 1627 greg.))
- parent->child relationship with Johann Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (born 12 July 1634 Jul.Cal. (22 July 1634 greg.))
- child->parent relationship with Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (born 22 May 1570 Jul.Cal. (1 June 1570 greg.))
- sibling relationship with Albrecht, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (born 27 July 1599 Jul.Cal. (6 Aug 1599 greg.))
- sibling relationship with Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (born 25 December 1601 Jul.Cal. (4 Jan 1602 greg.))
- sibling relationship with Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (born 1 March 1596 Jul.Cal. (11 Mar 1596 greg.))
- sibling relationship with Johann Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (born 21 February 1594 Jul.Cal. (3 Mar 1594 greg.))
- sibling relationship with Johann Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (born 19 September 1600 Jul.Cal. (29 Sep 1600 greg.))
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes "Geschichte des herzoglichen Fürstenhauses Sachsen-Weimar und Eisenach" by Johann Gottlieb Gottschalg (Friedrich Severin, 1797), p. 104-5: "... den 11. April 1598 früh nach zwei Uhr gebohren."
Categories
- Notable : Famous : Royal family (House of Wettin)