Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels

German prince
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IntroGerman prince
PlacesGermany
wasPrince
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Male
Birth14 April 1659, Halle (Saale)
Death9 May 1692Leipzig (aged 33 years)
Family
Mother:Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Father:Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Siblings:Johann Adolf I Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels August of Saxe-Weissenfels Heinrich of Saxe-Weissenfels Count of Barby Christian von Sachsen-Weißenfels Frederick Duchess Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels Christine of Saxe-Weissenfels
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Biography

Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels (14 April 1659 in Halle – 9 May 1692 in Leipzig), was a German prince of the House of Wettin.
He was the fifth and youngest son of August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and his first wife, Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Life

By the will of his father (1680), Albrecht only received an income from his older brother's lands. Without lands of his own, he spend most of his time with his wife's relatives in Wertheim and converted to the Catholicism.

As a member of the Fruitbearing Society, he received the surname der Muntere.

In Wertheim on 22 June 1687, Albrecht married Christine Therese of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort. They had two daughters:

  1. Anna Christine (b. Wertheim, 17 July 1690 - d. Vienna, 5 March 1763).
  2. Maria Auguste (b. Wertheim, 4 February 1692 - d. Wertheim, 15 February 1692).

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