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Frederick Henry, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt. Father. John George I, Elector of Saxony. Mother. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia. Maurice of Saxe-Zeitz (28 March 1619 – 4 December 1681) was a duke of Saxe-Zeitz and member of the House of Wettin . Born in Dresden, he was the youngest surviving son of John George I, Elector of Saxony, and his ...
He was born at Moritzburg Castle in the Wettin residence of Zeitz, the eldest son of Duke Maurice of Saxe-Zeitz (1619–1681) and his second wife, Dorothea Maria (1641–1675), a younger daughter of the Wettin duke Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar. Duke Maurice had received the secundogeniture of Saxe-Zeitz from the hands of his father, Elector John ...
Maurice inherited the town of Zeitz and became its first duke. In order to have an appropriate official residence, Maurice decided to remove the old bishop's castle and build a splendid new residence in baroque style that was called Schloss Moritzburg. The construction began in 1657 and was finished in 1678. The duke died there. Marriages and issue
Maurice of Saxe-Zeitz (28 March 1619 – 4 December 1681) was a duke of Saxe-Zeitz and member of the House of Wettin. Born in Dresden , he was the youngest surviving son of John George I, Elector of Saxony , and his second wife Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia .
Saxe-Zeitz. The Duchy of Saxe-Zeitz ( German: Herzogtum Sachsen-Zeitz) was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1656–57 as a secundogeniture of the Electoral Saxon house of House of Wettin. Its capital was Zeitz. The territory fell back to the Wettin electoral line in 1718.
Maurice of Saxe-Zeitz (German: Moritz, 28 March 1619 – 4 December 1681) was a duke of Saxe-Zeitz and member of the House of Wettin. Born in Dresden, he was the youngest surviving son of John George I, Elector of Saxony, and his second wife Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia. In the fall of 1635...
Maurice _____, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz. b. 28 Mar 1619 d. 4 Dec 1681 4 Dec 1681
