Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg

Johanna Magdalene of Saxe- Altenburg ( born January 14, 1656 in Altenburg, † January 22, 1686 in White Rock ) was Princess of Saxe- Altenburg from the house of the Ernestine Wettin and by marriage Duchess of - partly direct imperial - Saxon Sekundogeniturfürstentums Saxe- Weissenfels - cross- ford.

Life

The last of the House of Saxe -Altenburg

Johanna Magdalena was the only daughter of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm II of Saxe -Altenburg and his wife Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony, daughter of the Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony.

After Johanna Magdalena by the death of her two parents 1668/69, early orphaned, she quickly became the plaything of their relatives and in 1671 by her uncles, the Saxon Elector Johann Georg II and the Duke Moritz of Saxony- Zeitz, in their residences to Dresden Zeitz and she had to stay more frequently, from a purely dynastic reasons with her cousin, the Hereditary Prince Johann Adolf of Saxe- Weissenfels, married.

The marriage of Johanna Magdalena was at the time of political sensitivity, as her eldest brother, Prince Christian of Saxe- Altenburg, had died early, and her other brother, Frederick William III. , Who was his father indeed succeeded as duke, but on reason of his minority and testamentary submissions of his father has been placed under the guardianship of his uncle also, still did not have any descendants.

The calculus of the Albertine uncle so it was to speculate on an extinction of Altenburger Ernestiner in the male line, thus the ( also ) Albertine Weißenfelser would have fallen under certain circumstances parts of the Altenburger possession, which is why the marriage even the great benevolence of Duke August of Saxe- Weissenfels had. Would others died also Weißenfelser, so the only profiteers would have been the other Albertiner due to the close relationship.

When Duke Frederick William III. already died childless half a year after the marriage of his sister to the smallpox, finally reported the two have always been rival claims on houses Wettin Saxe-Altenburg. Ultimately, however, managed to Ernestinians Ernst of Saxe- Gotha and Johann Ernst II of Saxe -Weimar enforce, since they could make older claims arising from past dynastic connections with the old burgers in the 1630s.

In Saxony- Weissenfels

Due to her upbringing by the theologian Johann stem and Johann Christian Fried Sagittarius (1617-1689) was Johanna Magdalena her life of great piety, and showed much interest in the ecclesiastical affairs of their duchy. But in private they frequently studied the Bible, which provided them with numerous comments and engaged in the writing of prayer books, collections of sayings and treatises that they gave away to relatives and members of the court. The castle church they gave a gold-embroidered vestments, later a golden chalice and wafer box for Weißenfelser Marienkirche they donated in 1681 a silver baptismal font. To celebrate its Tods 1686 Memory coins were minted, which were handed out at the funeral service in her memory.

She was also a popular country mother and took care of caring social needs of their subjects. So she donated during his lifetime regularly for the poor residents of the city of Weissenfels and gave them in their testament.

She died on January 22, 1686 30 years old and was buried in a Zinnprunksarg in the Castle Church Castle New Castle Augustus. Since all male descendants of her sons died in childhood, ended 60 years after her death, the Weißenfelser line.

Marriage and issue

Her only marriage she concluded on 25 October 1671 at Altenburg with Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe- Weissenfels, the son of August, Duke of Saxe- Weissenfels from his marriage to Anna Maria of Mecklenburg -Schwerin. From this marriage eleven children were born:

  • Magdalena Sibylla (1673-1726), Princess of Saxe- Weissenfels ∞ Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe- Eisenach
  • August Friedrich ( born September 15, 1674 Hall, † August 16, 1675 ibid ), Hereditary Prince of Saxe- Weissenfels
  • Johann Adolf ( born June 7, 1676 in Halle, † June 18, 1676 ibid ), Hereditary Prince of Saxe- Weissenfels
  • Johann Georg (1677-1712), 3rd Duke of Saxe- Weissenfels ∞ Friederike Elisabeth of Saxe- Eisenach
  • Nameless son (* / † July 24, 1678 in Halle)
  • Johanna Wilhelmine ( born January 20, 1680 in Halle, † July 4, 1730 ibid ), Princess of Saxe- Weissenfels
  • Friedrich Wilhelm ( * January 18, 1681 in Weissenfels, † November 20, 1681 ibid ), Prince of Saxe- Weissenfels
  • Christian (1682-1736), 4th Duke of Saxe- Weissenfels ∞ Christiana Louise of Stolberg- Stolberg
  • Anna Maria ( born June 17, 1683 White Rock, † March 16, 1731 in Sorau ), Princess of Saxe- Weissenfels ∞ Erdmann II, Count von Promnitz on Sorau
  • Sophia ( born August 2, 1684 Weissenfels; † May 6, 1752 in Roßwald, Austrian Silesia ), Princess of Saxe- Weissenfels ∞ ( I) George William, Margrave of Brandenburg -Bayreuth and ∞ (II ) Joseph Albert, Count von Hoditz and Wolframitz
  • Johann Adolf II (1685-1746), 5th Duke of Saxe- Weissenfels ∞ ( I) Johannetta Antoinetta Juliana of Saxe- Eisenach and ∞ ( II) Friederike of Saxe- Gotha -Altenburg
Secundogeniture Frederick William II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg John George I, Elector of Saxony John George II, Elector of Saxony Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz Frederick William III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Integrated Authority File
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