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

Birth Date: 11 MAR 1530

Birth Location: Torgau

Death Date: 2 MAR 1573

Death Location: Weimar

Father: Johannes Sachsen-Coburg

Mother: Sibylle cleves

Spouse(s): Dorothea Simmern

Children(s): Johann Saxe-Weimar, Frederick Saxe-Weimar, Sibylle Simmern, Marie Simmern, mort-né Saxe-Weimar, Dorothea Saxe

Johann Wilhelm I Duke of Saxe-Weimar was born in 1530 in Torgau, the child of Johannes Wettin Ernestiner Von Sachsen Coburg And Sibylle Von Cleves. Johann Wilhelm I Duke of Saxe-Weimar married Dorothea Susanne Of Simmern, and had children including Dorothea Susanne Princess Of Saxe, Frederick Wilhelm I Duke Of Saxe Weimar, Johann Ii Duke Of Saxe Weimar, Marie Simmern, Mort Ne De Saxe Weimar, Sibylle Marie Simmern. Johann Wilhelm I Duke of Saxe-Weimar passed away in 1573 in Weimar.

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Biography

  • Johann Wilhelm I Duke of Saxe-Weimar was born in 1530 in Torgau, the child of Johannes Wettin Ernestiner Von Sachsen Coburg And Sibylle Von Cleves.
  • Johann Wilhelm I Duke of Saxe-Weimar married Dorothea Susanne Of Simmern, and had children including Dorothea Susanne Princess Of Saxe, Frederick Wilhelm I Duke Of Saxe Weimar, Johann Ii Duke Of Saxe Weimar, Marie Simmern, Mort Ne De Saxe Weimar, Sibylle Marie Simmern.
  • Johann Wilhelm I Duke of Saxe-Weimar passed away in 1573 in Weimar.

Immediate Family

Parents

Johannes Sachsen-Coburg
1519–1554
Birth Location: Coburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany
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Sibylle cleves
1512–1554
Birth Location: Düsseldorf, Deutschland
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Spouses(s)

Dorothea Simmern
1530–
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Johann Saxe-Weimar
1570–1605
Birth Location: Weimar, Germany
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Frederick Saxe-Weimar
1562–1602
Birth Location: Weimar
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Sibylle Simmern
1563–1569
Birth Location: Weimar
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Marie Simmern
1571–1610
Birth Location: Weimar
MS
mort-né Saxe-Weimar
1564–1564
Birth Location: Weimar, Thüringen, Allemagne
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Dorothea Saxe
1564–1564
Birth Location: Of Weimar, S-W-Es, Thrn
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Johann Saxe-Weimar's Ancestors

Self
Johann Saxe-Weimar
1530–1573
Birth Place: Torgau
Parents
Johannes (Wettin, Ernestiner) von Sachsen-Coburg
1519–1554
Coburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany
Sibylle (von) cleves
1512–1554
Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Grandparents
Johann ("the Constant" de Wettin Keurworst von) Sachsen
1468–1532
Meissen, Dresden, Thueringen, Germany
Sophie (Von) Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1481–1503
Schwerin, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Johann (III "the Peaceful" von Jülich-Kleve-Berg, Herzog von) Kleve
1490–1539
Nassau, Deggendorf, Bayern, Germany
Maria (von) Jülich-Berg
1491–1590
Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia
Great-Grandparents
Ernst Saxony
1441–1486
Elisabeth Bavaria
1443–1484
Magnus Mecklenberg-Schwerin
1441–1503
Duchess Wolgast
1460–1504
Johann Kleve
1458–1521
Mechthild Hessen-Marburg
1463–1505
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann Kleve
1419–1481
Elisabeth Nevers
1436–1483

Johann Saxe-Weimar's Descendants

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Johann (Wilhelm I Duke of) Saxe-Weimar (11 MAR 1530–2 MAR 1573) m. Dorothea (Susanne of) Simmern (1530–)
  1. 1. Johann (II Duke of) Saxe-Weimar 1570–1605 m. Duchess (Dorothea Marie) Anhalt 1574–1617 m. Catharine –1658
    1. 1. Joachim (Wilhelm der Grote Prince of Saxe) Sachse 1598–1662 m. Princes (Erna) Otto 1598–1667 m. Eleonore (Dorothea Von anhalt) Askanier 1602–1664
      1. 1. Johan (Joachim) Sachs 1627–1699 m. Christine 1630–1662
        1. 1. Joachim Sachse 1646–1701 m. Susanna (Holswig van) Hassleben 1650–1700
    2. 2. Ernst (I The Pious DUKE OF) SAXE-GOTHA 1601–1675 m. Elisabeth (Sophia PRINCESS OF) SAXE-ALTENBURG 1619–1680
      1. 1. Frederick (I DUKE OF) SAXE-GOTHA-ALTENBURG 1646–1691
      2. 2. Johann (Ernst) SAXE-GOTHA 1638–1638
      3. 3. Elisabeth (Dorothea Wettin,) Ernestiner 1640–1710
      4. 4. Johann (Ernst Of) SAXE-GOTHA 1641–1657
      5. 5. Christian (VON) SACHSEN 1642–1642
      6. 6. Sophie 1643–1657
      7. 7. Johanna (VON) SACHSEN 1645–1657
      8. 8. Albert (V Duke of) Saxe-Coburg 1648–1699
      9. 9. Bernhard (I Duke of) Saxe-Meiningen 1649–1706
      10. 10. Heinrich (DUKE OF) SAXE-RÖMHILD 1650–1710
      11. 11. Christian (Duke of) Saxe-eisenberg 1653–1707
      12. 12. Dorothea (Maria Of Wettin,) Ernestiner 1654–1682
      13. 13. Ernest, (Duke OF) SAXE-HILDBURGHAUSEN 1655–1715 m. Countess (Sophie Henriette of) Waldeck 1662–1702
        1. 1. Ernest (Frederick I, Duke of) Saxe-Hildburghausen 1681–1724 m. Sophie (Albertine) D'Erbach 1683–1742
        2. 2. Prince (Joseph of) Saxe-Hildburghausen 1702–1787
      14. 14. Johann (Philip Of) SAXE-GOTHA 1657–1657
      15. 15. John (Ernest Iv DUKE OF) SAXE-COBURG-SAALFELD 1658–1729
        1. 1. Francis (Josias DUKE OF) SAXE-COBURG-SAALFELD 1697–1764 m. Princess (Anna Sophie) Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1700–1780
      16. 16. Johanna (Elisabeth Of) SAXE-GOTHA 1660–1660
      17. 17. Johann (Philips VON) SACHSEN 1661–1662
      18. 18. Sofie (Elisabeth Wettin,) Ernestiner 1663–1663
    3. 3. Christian (Wilhelm DE) SAXE-WEIMAR 1595–1595
    4. 4. Frederick (DE) SAXE-WEIMAR 1596–1622
    5. 5. Johann (DE) SAXE-WEIMAR 1597–1604
    6. 6. Albrect (Duke of) Saxe-Eisenach 1599–1644
    7. 7. Johann (Fredeick DE) SAXE-WEIMAR 1600–1628
    8. 8. Ernst (I Duke of) Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1601–1675 m. Herzogin (Elisabeth Sophie von) Sachsen-Altenburg 1619–1680
      1. 1. Christian, (Duke of von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg (Herzog von) Sachsen-Eisenberg) 1653–1707 m. Christiane (Von) Sachsen-merseburg 1659–1679 m. Sophia (Maria Van) Hessen-darmstadt 1661–1712
        1. 1. Christiane (von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg (von) Sachsen-Eisenberg) 1679–1722
    9. 9. Frederick (Wilhelm DE) SAXE-WEIMAR 1603–1619
    10. 10. Bernhard (DE) SAXE-WEIMAR 1604–1639
    11. 11. Johanna (VON) SACHSEN-WEIMAR 1606–1609
  2. 2. Frederick (Wilhelm I Duke of) Saxe-Weimar 1562–1602 m. Anna (Maria von der Pfalz) Wittelsbach 1575–1643
    1. 1. Marie (Dorothea, Princess von der) Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Neuburg 1584–1586
    2. 2. Johann (Wilhelm Prince von) Sachsen-Weimar 1585–1587
    3. 3. Frederick (von Sachsen (född Wettin, Ernestiner), Herzog zu) Sachsen-Weimar 1586–1587
  3. 3. Sibylle (Marie) Simmern 1563–1569
  4. 4. Marie Simmern 1571–1610
  5. 5. mort-né (de) Saxe-Weimar 1564–1564
  6. 6. Dorothea (Susanne Princess of) Saxe 1564–1564

Johann Saxe-Weimar's Timeline

2 Records

1530
11 MAR 1530
Birth of Johann Wilhelm I Duke of Saxe-Weimar in Torgau
Torgau
1573
2 MAR 1573
Age 43
Death of Johann Wilhelm I Duke of Saxe-Weimar in Weimar
Weimar

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 MAR 1573
    Event Place: Weimar

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 MAR 1530
    Event Place: Torgau
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