Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke Of Saxe-Eisenach
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke Of Saxe-Eisenach
OR:
Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke Of Saxe-Eisenach on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (10 November 1691 – 26 July 1741), was a duke of Saxe-Eisenach. He was born in
Oranjewoud Oranjewoud ( fry, Oranjewâld, literally "Orange Forest") is a small village in the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Heerenveen, Friesland. Oranjewoud had a population of 1570 in January 2017. It is known for Oranjewoud Palace. ...
, the eldest and only surviving son of
Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (17 October 1666 – 14 January 1729), was a duke of Saxe-Eisenach, and came from the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin. Life John William III was born in Friedewald, the third son of John George ...
and his first wife Amalie of Nassau-Dietz. Wilhelm Heinrich first married Albertine Juliane of Nassau-Idstein (daughter
George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein George August Samuel of Nassau-Idstein (26 February 1665, in Idstein – 26 October 1721, in Biebrich) was Graf from 1677, and Prince from 1688 until his death, of Nassau-Idstein. He worked mainly in Wiesbaden. Life Georg August was just 12 ...
) in
Idstein Idstein () is a town of about 25,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Because of its well preserved historical Altstadt (Old Town) it is part of the ''Deutsche Fachwerkstraße'' ...
on 15 February 1713. This marriage was childless. He married his second wife Anna Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Schwedt in
Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
on 3 June 1723, just eight months after the death of Albertine Juliane. The second marriage was also childless. From 1730 to 1741,
Johann Adam Birkenstock Johann Adam Birkenstock (also Birckenstock, Birkenstok, Berkenstock; 1 February 1687 – 26 February 1733) was a German composer and violinist. He was regarded as one of the foremost violinists of his day. Life As a young boy, Birkenstock studi ...
served the director of music and the leader of the court orchestra, a position referred to as the
Kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...
. However the court Kapelle (chapel choir) was disbanded after Wilehlm Heinrich's death in 1741. Wilhelm Heinrich acceded to the duchy of Saxe-Eisenach in 1729 upon the death of his father and was succeeded by his second cousin, duke Ernst August I of Saxe-Weimar. The personal union between Eisenach and Weimar created by this succession was only nominal until 1809, when the two patrimonies were formally united. He died in
Eisenach Eisenach () is a town in Thuringia, Germany with 42,000 inhabitants, located west of Erfurt, southeast of Kassel and northeast of Frankfurt. It is the main urban centre of western Thuringia and bordering northeastern Hessian regions, situat ...
.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilhelm Heinrich Of Saxe-Eisenach, Duke House of Wettin 1691 births 1741 deaths People from Heerenveen Dukes of Saxe-Eisenach