Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg (6 January 1653 – 28 April 1707) was a duke of

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. He was born in

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, the eighth, but fifth surviving, son of

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and

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. Christian had traveled far in his youth and was interested early in History and Art. After the death of his father in 1675, he governed together with his brothers over Saxe-Gotha. He made Eisenberg his residence, where in 1677 he built the Schloss Christiansburg. After the divisionary treaty of the duchy in 1680, Christian retained Eisenberg and the towns of Ronneburg,

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and

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. During his last years he was very interested in alchemy. 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 between his remaining brothers and their descendants in the "''Coburg-Eisenberg-Römhild inheritance dispute''", which took until 1735 to be resolved.

Issue

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on 13 February 1677, Christian married firstly with

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. They had only one daughter: # Christiane (b. Eisenach, 4 March 1679 – d. Glücksburg, 24 May 1722), who was married on 15 February 1699 to

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(1673–1729), grandson of

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. They had a son, Frederick William Henry (the last of the line, who married Anna Caroline, daughter of

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) and a daughter, Louise Charlotte (who married

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). In

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, on 9 February 1681, Christian married secondly with

Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt (7 May 1661 – 22 August 1712) was a member of the House of Hesse and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Eisenberg. Life Sophie Marie was born in Darmstadt, a daughter of Count Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt (1630–1 ...

. They had no children.

Ancestry

References

*August Beck, '' Christian, einziger Herzog von Sachsen-Eisenberg''. In: ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' ( ADB). vol IV. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, pp. 178–180. * *Wilfried Warsitzka: ''Herzog Christian von Sachsen und der Bau der Schlosskirche zu Eisenberg''. Wartburg-Verlag, Jena 1992, {{DEFAULTSORT:Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg 1653 births 1707 deaths Dukes of Saxe-Eisenberg