Friedrich Wilhelm I of Saxe-Weimar ( German: Friedrich Wilhelm I von Sachsen-Weimar ; April 25, 1562 , Weimar - July 7, 1602 , Weimar ) - Duke of Saxe-Weimar since 1573 , “administrator of the Saxon Elector ” in 1591 - 1601 years .
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| Predecessor | Johann Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar | ||||||
| Successor | Johann III | ||||||
| Birth | April 25, 1562 | ||||||
| Death | July 7, 1602 (aged 40) | ||||||
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Biography
Friedrich Wilhelm is the eldest son of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar Johann Wilhelm and Dorothea Susanna of Pfalz . When his father died in 1573, Friedrich Wilhelm was still too small, so regency was appointed; in order to isolate children from the influence of the mother, the elector of Saxony Augustus became regent. Friedrich Wilhelm came of age in 1583, but he was able to rule on his own only after the death of his guardian in 1586.
Meanwhile, the next elector of Saxony, Christian I , being a weak body and spirit, died in 1591 at the age of thirty. His son Christian II was still small at that time, and by the will of the late elector Friedrich Wilhelm became regent of the country, having received the title “Administrator of the Saxon Elector”. After moving to Torgau , he abandoned the affairs of Saxe-Weimar, and his younger brother Johann , who was introduced to the government according to the laws of the Ernestine line of the Vettins , began to dispose of him.
In 1601, Christian II came of age, the regency of Friedrich Wilhelm ended, and he returned to Weimar , however, due to his death the following year, he left no noticeable mark in the further history of his native duchy.
Family and Children
On May 5, 1583, Friedrich Wilhelm married in Weimar Sophia of Württemberg , daughter of Christoph Württemberg . They had six children:
- Dorothea Maria (May 8, 1584 - September 9, 1586)
- Johann Wilhelm (June 30, 1585 - January 23, 1587)
- Frederick (September 26, 1586 - January 19, 1587)
- Dorothea Sofia (December 19, 1587 - February 10, 1645), Princess Abbess of Quedlinburg
- Anna Maria (March 31, 1589 - December 15, 1626)
- son who died in childbirth (July 21, 1590)
Sophia died during the birth of her last child, and on September 9, 1591, Friedrich Wilhelm married in Neuburg Anna Anna of the Palatinate-Neuburg , daughter of Philip Ludwig of the Palatinate-Neuburg . They had six children:
- Johann Philippe (1597–1639), Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, married to Elizabeth Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
- Anna Sophia (1598-1641), married to the Duke Karl Friedrich Münsterberg-Elsi (1593-1647)
- Frederick (1599-1625), Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Johann Wilhelm (1600-1632), Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Dorothea (1601-1675), married to the Duke Albrecht of Saxe-Eisenach (1599-1644)
- Frederick William II (1603–1669), Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, married to Sophia Elizabeth of Brandenburg , then Magdalen Sibyll of Saxony .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 102030081 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
Links
- Friedrich Wilhelm I of Saxe-Weimar at the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie