Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels (14 April 1659 in Halle – 9 May 1692 in

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), was a German prince of the

House of Wettin The House of Wettin () is a dynasty of German kings, prince-electors, dukes, and counts that once ruled territories in the present-day German states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The dynasty is one of the oldest in Europe, and its ori ...

. He was the fifth and youngest son of

August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels (Dresden, 13 August 1614 – 4 June 1680, Halle), was a Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt of the House of Wettin and administrator of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg. He was the fourth (but second surviving) son of ...

, and his first wife, Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Life

By the will of his father (1680), Albrecht only received an

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from his older brother's lands. Without lands of his own, he spend most of his time with his wife's relatives in Wertheim and converted to

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. As a member of the Fruitbearing Society, he received the surname ''der Muntere'' (the cheerful one). In Wertheim on 22 June 1687, Albrecht married Christine Therese of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort. They had two daughters: # Anna Christine (b. Wertheim, 17 July 1690 – d. Vienna, 5 March 1763). # Maria Auguste (b. Wertheim, 4 February 1692 – d. Wertheim, 15 February 1692). {{Europe-royal-stub 1659 births 1692 deaths House of Saxe-Weissenfels People from Halle (Saale) Albertine branch Sons of monarchs