Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg (6 January 1653 – 28 April 1707) was a duke of
Saxe-Eisenberg
The Duchy of Saxe-Eisenberg was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin.
History
Established in 1680 for Christian, fifth son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, the Duchy consisted of Eisenberg and the towns ...
.
He was born in
Gotha
Gotha () is the fifth-largest city in Thuringia, Germany, west of Erfurt and east of Eisenach with a population of 44,000. The city is the capital of the district of Gotha and was also a residence of the Ernestine Wettins from 1640 until the ...
, the eighth, but fifth surviving, son of
Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and
Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (10 October 1619 – 20 December 1680), was a princess of Saxe-Altenburg and, by marriage, duchess of Saxe-Gotha.
She was born in Halle, the only daughter of Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and his ...
.
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,
Roda and
Camburg. 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
In
Merseburg
Merseburg () is a town in central Germany in southern Saxony-Anhalt, situated on the river Saale, and approximately 14 km south of Halle (Saale) and 30 km west of Leipzig. It is the capital of the Saalekreis district. It had a diocese ...
on 13 February 1677, Christian married firstly with
Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg. They had only one daughter:
# Christiane (b. Eisenach, 4 March 1679 – d. Glücksburg, 24 May 1722), who was married on 15 February 1699 to
Philip Ernst, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (1673–1729), grandson of
Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Philip of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (15 March 1584 – 27 September 1663) was the first Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg after the death of his father in 1622. He was the son of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and Duches ...
. Their son Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg (1 April 1701 - 27 November 1766) married Henriette Auguste, daughter of
Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold. They had a son,
Frederick William Henry (the last of the line, who married Anna Caroline, daughter of
William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken) and a daughter,
Louise Charlotte (who married
Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen).
In
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the ...
, on 9 February 1681, Christian married secondly with
Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt. 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
Dukes of the Holy Roman Empire