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The Duchy of Saxe-Weissenfels. The founder of the ruling family of Weissenfels family, Prince August of Saxony (1614–1680), was the second-born son of the Saxon Elector Johann Georg I and his wife Magdalena Sybilla, Electress of Brandenburg.
In 1656, what was now the electorate of Saxe-Meissen sub-divided itself to create Saxe-Merseburg, Saxe-Weissenfels, and Saxe-Zeitz. The agreement was confirmed by Elector John George II and his brothers in 1657, with the aim being to avoid fratricidal disputes over the succession.
The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony (‹See Tfd› German: Kurfürstentum Sachsen or Kursachsen), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. Its territory included the areas around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz.
This article lists dukes, electors, and kings ruling over different territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 6th century to the end of the German monarchies in 1918.
Saxe-Weissenfels (German: Sachsen-Weißenfels) was a Duchy of the Holy Roman Empire from 1656 until 1746 with its residence at Weißenfels. Ruled by a cadet branch of the Albertine House of Wettin , the duchy passed to the Electorate of Saxony upon the extinction of the line.
Johann Adolf II (19 August 1685 – Leipzig, 14 May 1746) was the last Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels from 1736 to 1746. [ 1 ] Following his death without surviving male issue, the Duchy returned to Electoral Saxony. [ 1 ] Johann Adolf was also a commander in the Saxon Army.
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Weissenfels is a place of considerable antiquity, and from 1656 till 1746 it was the capital of the small duchy of Saxe-Weissenfels, a branch of the electoral house of Saxony, founded by Augustus, second son of the elector John George I.
