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Biography. Born in Weimar in the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Bernard was the eleventh son of Johann, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt . Bernard received an unusually good education and studied briefly at the University of Jena, but soon went to the court of Duke John Casimir of Saxe-Coburg to engage in knightly exercises.
Upon his death in 1602 Saxe-Weimar was again divided among his younger brother John II and Frederick William's minor son John Philipp, who received the territory of Saxe-Altenburg. John's son Duke Johann Ernst I of Saxe-Weimar on occasion of the burial of his mother Dorothea Maria of Anhalt in 1617 established the literary Fruitbearing Society .
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views 3,746,477 updated. Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (săks´–wī´mär, zäks´ə-vī´mär), 1604–39, Protestant general in the Thirty Years War, duke of Weimar. Under Ernst von Mansfeld and the margrave of Baden, Bernhard fought against the imperial forces in defense (1622) of the Palatinate. He served in the Netherlands and later allied ...
Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar săksˈ–wīˈmär, zäksˈə-vīˈmär [ key], 1604–39, Protestant general in the Thirty Years War, duke of Weimar. Under Ernst von Mansfeld and the margrave of Baden, Bernhard fought against the imperial forces in defense (1622) of the Palatinate. He served in the Netherlands and later allied himself (1631) with ...
The latter lasted just three years before it too was divided up between Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Gotha. Since then Saxe-Weimar had largely remained intact, although in 1662 part of it was returned to a recreated Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Jena, with Saxe-Marksuhl also being formed. Parts of Saxe-Jena were regained in 1690, and Saxe-Eisenach in 1741.
Nov 8, 2022 · (1604–39).One of the champions of the Protestant cause during the Thirty Years War, Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar had a disastrous start to his military career: in 1622 he was on ...
Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (German: Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar; 16 August 160418 July 1639) was a German prince and general in the Thirty Years' War. Biography. Born in Weimar within the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Bernard was the eleventh son of Johann, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt.
