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Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (Johann Maria Wilhelm; 22 May 1570 – 18 July 1605) was a Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Jena. Biography. Johann was the second son of Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Dorothea Susanne of Simmern. Johann Wilhelm died in 1573 when his son was only three years old.
Upon his death in 1554, his son John Frederick II succeeded him as "Duke of Saxony", residing at Gotha. His attempts to regain the electoral dignity failed: in the course of the 1566 revolt instigated by the robber baron Wilhelm von Grumbach, the duke was banned and imprisoned for life by Emperor Maximilian II.
Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar ( Johann Maria Wilhelm; 22 May 1570 – 18 July 1605) was a Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Jena.
Feb 18, 2024 · Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (Johann Maria Wilhelm) (b. Weimar, 22 May 1570 - d. Weimar, 18 July 1605), was a Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Jena. Royal house. House of Wettin. Biography. He was the second son of Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Dorothea Susanne of Simmern. His father died in 1573, when Johann was only three years old.
- Weimar, Sachsen
- "Johan II", "Herzog zu Sachsen-Weimar"
- Sachsen
- May 22, 1570
Life. He was the second son of Johann Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, and Sibylle of Cleves. At the time of his birth, his father still carried the title Elector of Saxony, but he lost it in 1547 after his defeat and capture by the Emperor Charles V due to his support of the Protestant Reformation.
Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar is the 282nd most popular nobleman (up from 318th in 2019), the 1,228th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,496th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular German Nobleman.
Age 43. Death of Johann Wilhelm, Duke Of Saxe-Weimar. Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. Genealogy for Johann Wilhelm, Duke Of Saxe-Weimar (1530 - 1573) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
