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Johann Wilhelm Duke of Saxe-Weimar 1530–1573 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 March 1530

Birth Location: Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire

Death Date: 2 March 1573 (aged 42)

Death Location: Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany

Father: Hanss Lang

Mother: Sybille CLÈVES

Spouse(s): Dorothée WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT

Children(s): Johann Saxe-Weimar, Frédéric SAXE-ALTENBOURG

Johann Wilhelm Duke of Saxe-Weimar was born in 1530 in Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire, the child of Hanss Lang And Sybille De Cleves. Johann Wilhelm Duke of Saxe-Weimar married Dorothee Suzanne De Wittelsbach Palatinat, and had children including Frederic Guillaume Ier De Saxe Altenbourg, Johann Ii Peter Duke Of Saxe Weimar. Johann Wilhelm Duke of Saxe-Weimar passed away in 1573 in Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.

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Biography

  • Johann Wilhelm Duke of Saxe-Weimar was born in 1530 in Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire, the child of Hanss Lang And Sybille De Cleves.
  • Johann Wilhelm Duke of Saxe-Weimar married Dorothee Suzanne De Wittelsbach Palatinat, and had children including Frederic Guillaume Ier De Saxe Altenbourg, Johann Ii Peter Duke Of Saxe Weimar.
  • Johann Wilhelm Duke of Saxe-Weimar passed away in 1573 in Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.

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Johann Saxe-Weimar's Ancestors

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Johann Saxe-Weimar
1530–1573
Birth Place: Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Parents
Hanss Lang
1503–1554
Torgau, Landkreis Nordsachsen, Saxony, Germany
Sybille (de) CLÈVES
1512–1554
Düsseldorf, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Nordrhein Westfalen, Allemagne
Grandparents
Johann (III, Duke of Cleves,) Cleve-Julich-Berg
1490–1539
Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern, Germany
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Johann Saxe-Weimar's Descendants

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Johann (Wilhelm Duke of) Saxe-Weimar (11 March 1530–2 March 1573 (aged 42)) m. Dorothée (Suzanne de) WITTELSBACH-PALATINAT (25 November 1544–8 April 1592)
  1. 1. Johann (II (Peter) Duke of) Saxe-Weimar 1570–1605
    1. 1. Ernest (I Wettin Saxe Coburg) Altenburg 1601–1675
      1. 1. Frederik (I Wettin Hertog van) Saksen-Gotha-Altenburg 1646–1691 m. Magdalena (Sybille van) Saksen-Weissenfels 1648–1681
        1. 1. Frederik (II Wettin Hertog van) Saksen-Gotha-Altenburg 1676–1732 m. Magdalena (Auguste Prinses van) Anhalt-Zerbst 1679–1740
  2. 2. Frédéric (Guillaume Ier de) SAXE-ALTENBOURG 1562–1602

Johann Saxe-Weimar's Timeline

2 Records

1530
11 March 1530
Birth of Johann Wilhelm Duke of Saxe-Weimar in Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
1573
2 March 1573 (aged 42)
Age 43
Death of Johann Wilhelm Duke of Saxe-Weimar in Weimar, Saxe-Weimar, Holy Roman Empire
Weimar, Saxe-Weimar, Holy Roman Empire

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 March 1530
    Event Place: Torgau, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 March 1573 (aged 42)
    Event Place: Weimar, Saxe-Weimar, Holy Roman Empire
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Weimar, Stadtkreis Weimar, Thüringen, Germany

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