Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz
Moritz of Saxe- Zeitz (* March 28, 1619 in Dresden, † December 4, 1681 in Zeitz ) was one of the Albertine line of the House of Wettin entstamme Direction Duke of Saxe- Zeitz Sekundogeniturfürstentums.
Life
He was the son of the Elector of Saxony Johann Georg I and his wife Magdalene Sibylle, daughter of Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia. The Dukes August of Saxe- Weissenfels, Christian von Sachsen- Merseburg and the Elector Johann Georg II of Saxony were his brothers.
Together with his brothers Maurice was educated at the court in Dresden. Among his tutors marshal Kurt von Einsiedel took a prominent role. From August 1642 to September 1645 took Moritz together with his brother Christian a grand tour of Northern Germany and the Netherlands.
1645 Duke Moritz was taken by Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt- Köthen in the Fruitbearing society. The prince gave him the company name of the Modest and the motto in conduct. As an emblem him the root Julapium ( Ipomea L. ) has been covered. In the society of Köthen book, Duke Moritz ' finds entry under number 450, where also the rhyme Act is recorded, which he wrote during his recording:
In 1647 he was entrusted with the Bailiwick of Thuringia of the Teutonic Order. With the political scientists and theologians Veit Ludwig von Seckendorf Moritz had a significant chancellor and Konsistorialpräsidenten at his side. As court preacher of the dramatist Johann Sebastian seemed midnight at his court.
With the testamentary disposition of the Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony, the division of the Albertine Territory was completed on July 20, 1652 in Dresden.
Thus, the rule Zeitz came as Wettin Sekundogenitur to Moritz. This Duke Moritz became the first Duke of Saxe- Zeitz. In order to represent as such, Moritz was built from 1657 in Zeitz on the site of the Thirty Years War largely destroyed Bischofsburg a baroque castle building, castle Moritzburg. The castle was completed in 1678.
At the age of 62 years, Duke Moritz of Saxony- Zeitz died on December 4, 1681 at Schloss Moritzburg in Zeitz. His eldest son, Maurice William followed him under guardianship as Duke of Saxe- Zeitz on the throne.
Marriage and issue
He completed his first marriage on 19 November 1650 in Dresden with Sophia Hedwig of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Glücksburg, daughter of Philip, Duke of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Glücksburg from his marriage to Sophie Hedwig of Saxe- Lauenburg. Sophie Hedwig's sister Christiana married in a double wedding at the same time Maurice's brother Christian.
From the connection between Moritz and Sophie Hedwig following children were born:
- Johann Philipp (* November 12, 1651 in Dresden, † March 24, 1652 ibid ), Hereditary Prince of Saxe- Zeitz
- Moritz ( born September 26, 1652 in Dresden, † May 10, 1653 ibid ), Hereditary Prince of Saxe- Zeitz
Four years after the death of his first wife he closed on July 3, 1656 in Weimar, his second marriage to Dorothea Maria of Saxe- Weimar, the daughter of Duke Wilhelm of Saxe- Weimar from his marriage with Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt- Dessau.
From the union between Dorothea Maria Hedwig Moritz and the following children were born:
- Eleonore Magdalene (* October 30, 1658 in Weimar, † February 26, 1661 in Dresden), Princess of Saxe- Zeitz
- Erdmuthe Dorothea (1661-1720), Princess of Saxe- Zeitz ∞ Christian II, Duke of Saxony- Merseburg
- Wilhelm Moritz (1664-1718), Duke of Saxe- Zeitz ∞ Maria Amalia of Brandenburg- Schwedt
- Johann Georg (* April 27, 1665 at Schloss Moritzburg in Zeitz, † September 5, 1666 ibid ), Prince of Saxe- Zeitz
- Christian August (1666-1725), Prince of Saxe- Zeitz, Cardinal Archbishop of Gran, Bishop of Raab, Primate of Hungary and Imperial principal commissioner at the Perpetual Diet
- Frederick Henry (1668-1713), Duke of Saxe- Zeitz - Pegau -Neustadt ∞ ( I) Angelika Sophie of Württemberg- Bernstadt and ∞ (II ) Anna Friederike Philippine of Schleswig-Holstein -Sonderburg- Wiesenburg
- Maria Sophia ( born November 3, 1670 Moritzburg Castle in Zeitz, † May 31, 1671 ibid ), Princess of Saxe- Zeitz
- Magdalena Sibylla (* April 7, 1672 at Schloss Moritzburg in Zeitz; † August 20, 1672 ibid ), Princess of Saxe- Zeitz
After his second wife died, he married for the third time, namely on 14 June 1676 in Wiesbaden Castle at Hartmann Village Sophie Elisabeth of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Wiesenburg, the daughter of Duke Philipp Ludwig von Schleswig- Holsterin -Sonderburg- meadow castle his marriage to Anna Margarete von Hessen- Homburg. However, this marriage remained childless.
Drive up
Duke Henry the Pious (1473-1541) ∞ 1512 Catherine of Mecklenburg (1487-1561)
King Christian III. (1503-1559) ∞ 1525 Dorothea of Saxe- Lauenburg (1511-1571)
Elector Joachim II (1505-1571) ∞ 1524 Magdalene of Saxony (1507-1534)
Duke George of Brandenburg -Ansbach (1484-1543) ∞ 1525 Hedwig of Münsterberg - Oels (1508-1531)
Margrave Frederick II of Brandenburg (1460-1536) ∞ 1479 Sofia Jagiellonica (1464-1512)
Prince Erich I (1470-1540) ∞ 1525 Elisabeth of Brandenburg (1510-1558)
Duke Johann von Jülich- Kleve -Berg (1490-1539) ∞ 1510 Maria of Jülich -Berg (1491-1543)
Kaiser Ferdinand I (1503-1564) ∞ 1521 Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (1503-1547)
Elector August of Saxony (1526-1586) ∞ 1548 Anne of Denmark (1532-1585)
Elector Johann Georg of Brandenburg (1525-1598) ∞ 1548 Sabina of Brandenburg- Ansbach (1529-1575)
Duke Albrecht of Prussia (1490-1568) ∞ 1550 Anna Maria of Brunswick (1532-1568)
Duke Wilhelm V (1516-1592) ∞ 1546 Maria of Austria (1531-1581)
Elector Christian I of Saxony (1560-1591) ∞ 1582 Sophie of Brandenburg (1568-1622)
Duke Albrecht Friedrich of Prussia (1553-1618) ∞ 1573 Marie Eleonore von Jülich- Kleve -Berg (1550-1608)
Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony (1585-1656) ∞ 1607 Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia (1586-1659)
Moritz of Saxe- Zeitz