Frederick William I | |
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Reign | 1573–1602 |
Predecessor | John William |
Successor | John II |
Regent | Elector Augustus |
Spouse | Sophie of Württemberg Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg |
Issue | |
Dorothea Sophia, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Frederick William II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg |
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House | House of Wettin |
Father | John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar |
Mother | Dorothea Susanne of Simmern |
Born | 25 April 1562 Weimar |
Died | 7 July 1602 Weimar |
(aged 40)
Frederick William I (Weimar, 25 April 1562 – Weimar, 7 July 1602), was a duke of Saxe-Weimar. He was the eldest son of John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Dorothea Susanne of Simmern.
At the time of the death of his father (1573) Frederick William was still under age; for this, a tutelary government for the duchy was appointed. This was stressed by the Dowager Duchess Dorothea Susanne, because she cannot not prevent, however, the Elector Augustus of Saxony -from the Albertine line- was designated as the regent in her place.
In 1586 Frederick William was declared an adult and began his independent government over in Saxe-Weimar. Five years later, in 1591, the Elector Christian I of Saxony died and was succeeded by his eldest son Christian II. Because the new Elector was still under age, the regency of the Electorate was assigned to Frederick William. With the title of Administrator des Sächsischen Kurstaates (Administrator of the Saxon Electorate) took residence in Torgau, and neglected the government of his duchy. These were led by his younger brother John, which had to be taken part -in accordance with the Ernestine House Law- anyway in the government.
In 1601 ended the regency in the Electorate of Saxony with the majority of Elector Christian II, and Frederick William returned to Weimar. Since he however already died one year later, he not left large traces in the history of the duchy.
In Weimar on 5 May 1583 Frederick William married firstly with Sophie of Württemberg (born Stuttgart 20 November 1563, died Vacha 21 July 1590), daughter of Christoph, Duke of Württemberg. They had six children:
In Neuburg on 9 September 1591 Frederick Wilhelm married secondly with Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg (born Neuberg 18 August 1575, died Dornburg an der Saale 11 May 1643), daughter of Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg. They had six children:
Preceded by John William |
Duke of Saxe-Weimar 1573–1602 |
Succeeded by John II |
German Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_I._(Sachsen-Weimar)