Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg

German noble
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroGerman noble
PlacesGermany
wasNoble
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Male
Birth6 January 1653, Gotha
Death28 April 1707Eisenberg (aged 54 years)
Family
Mother:Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
Father:Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
Siblings:Bernhard I Duke of Saxe-Meiningen John Ernest IV Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Frederick I Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Ernest Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen Henry Duke of Saxe-Römhild Albert V Duke of Saxe-Coburg
Spouse:Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt
The details

Biography

Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg (Gotha, 6 January 1653 – Eisenberg, 28 April 1707) was a duke of Saxe-Eisenberg.
He was the eighth, but fifth surviving, son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg.
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 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 on 13 February 1677, Christian married firstly with Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg. They had only one daughter:

  1. Christine (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. 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, on 9 February 1681, Christian married secondly with Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt. They had no children.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Sybille of Cleves
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Frederick III, Elector Palatine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Dorothea Susanne of Simmern
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Margaret of Brandenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Christoph, Duke of Württemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Eleonore of Württemberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Anna Maria of Brandenburg-Ansbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (= 8)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Frederick Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Dorothea Susanne of Simmern (= 9)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Philipp Ludwig of Pfalz-Neuburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Anna of Cleves
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Hedwig of Brandenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Elisabeth of Brünswick-Wolfenbüttel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Frederick II, King of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Elizabeth of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 
 
 
 
 
 

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