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Johann Adolf II (19 August 1685 – Leipzig, 14 May 1746) was the last Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels from 1736 to 1746. Following his death without surviving male issue, the Duchy returned to Electoral Saxony. Johann Adolf was also a commander in the Saxon Army.
Augustus eldest son and successor Duke Johann Adolf I sold Burg to Brandenburg in 1687. George Frideric Handel 's father Georg Händel from 1657 on served as a physician to Duke Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels, the composer himself was born in the former ducal residence of Halle.
Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (2 November 1649, in Halle – 24 May 1697, in Weissenfels), was a duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and member of the House of Wettin. He was the first son of Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels , and his first wife, Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin .
"Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (Weissenfels, 4 September 1685 – Leipzig, 16 May 1746), was the last duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and a member of the House of Wettin. He was also a commander in the Saxon army.
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Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, was the last duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and a member of the House of Wettin.
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