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Johann Wilhelm was a member of the House of Wettin, which had served as the protecting power of Protestantism in Germany since the time of Frederick the Wise, yet he allied himself with the Catholic King of France against the Protestants Huguenots. The Emperor played off the two surviving sons of Johann Friedrich II against Johann Wilhelm, and ...
Life. Born at Prüfening Abbey in Regensburg, Bavaria, he was the eldest child of the then Hereditary Prince Frederick Christian of Saxony, later Margrave of Meissen, and Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis . At the age of 18 Emanuel was imprisoned and sentenced to death by the National Socialists for being opposed to their rule.
The House of Wettin is a dynasty of German counts, dukes, prince-electors (Kurfürsten) and kings that once ruled the area of today's German states of Saxony, the Saxon part of Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia for more than 800 years. Agnates of the House of Wettin have, at various times, ascended the thrones of Great Britain, Portugal, Bulgaria ...
Saxe-Altenburg is detached from Saxe-Gotha and passes to Saxe-Hildburghausen. The duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen takes this title in place of his previous title, and Saxe-Hildburghausen passes to Saxe-Meiningen. Saxe-Meiningen is renamed Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen. It survives until 1918.
Louise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Oels, Duchess Consort of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt: 4 Mar 1673 28 Apr 1736 Philip, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt, had issue Frederick III, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg: 19 May 1673 8 Jun 1746 1. Elisabeth Dorothea of Hesse-Darmstadt, had issue 2. Christiane Charlotte of Nassau-Ottweiler, no issue
Wettin. Father. Augustus III of Poland. Mother. Maria Josepha of Austria. Franz Xavier of Saxony ( Polish: Ksawery Saski) (25 August 1730 – 21 June 1806) was a Saxon prince and member of the House of Wettin. He was the fourth but second surviving son of Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and Maria Josepha of Austria .
He also had three half-siblings from his father’s first marriage to Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg, who died in childbirth along with a stillborn son: Christiane Sophie (1681 – 1697), died as a teenager; Christian Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1683 – 1745), married Christiane Fredericka of Koss, no children
