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Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg (1 June 1659 – 13 March 1679), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg . Born in Merseburg, she was a child of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and his wife Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg .
- 1 June 1659, Merseburg
- Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
- 13 March 1679 (aged 19), Eisenberg
- Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg (6 January 1653 – 28 April 1707) was a duke of Saxe-Eisenberg . He was born in Gotha, the eighth, but fifth surviving, son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg . Christian had traveled far in his youth and was interested early in History and Art.
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As a younger son, Christian had little prospect of inheriting the Electorate of Saxony, and instead received from his father in 1650 the administration of the former Bishopric of Merseburg, which had been confiscated after the Reformation. He was also elected by the Chapterof the cathedral. In a testament signed on 20 July 1652, the Elector John Ge...
In Dresden on 19 November 1650, Christian married Christiana, a daughter of Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg in a double marriage in which his brother Mauricemarried Christiana's sister Sophie Hedwig. Christian and Christiana had eleven children: 1. Magdalene Sophie (b. Dresden, 19 October 1651 – d. Merseburg, 29 March 1675)...
Heinrich Theodor Flathe: Christian I. (Herzog von Sachsen-Merseburg). In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie(ADB). Band 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, S. 174.
- Wettin
- Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
- 1657 - 1691
- Christian II
Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg (1 June 1659 – 13 March 1679), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Born in Merseburg, she was a child of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and his wife Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg (1 June 1659 - 13 March 1679), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Born in Merseburg , she was a child of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and his wife Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg .
Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg (6 January 1653 – 28 April 1707) was a duke of Saxe-Eisenberg. He was born in Gotha, the eighth, but fifth surviving, son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. He died in Eisenberg, with considerable debts, and, like his brothers Albrecht of Saxe-Coburg and Heinrich of Saxe-Römhild, without sons. His lands were disputed ...
Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg
