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William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

1598–1662 · 17th century

William was Duke of Saxe-Weimar from 1620 until his death in 1662. A Protestant commander in the early Thirty Years' War, he was captured at the Battle of Stadtlohn in 1623 and later made peace with the emperor. He headed the Fruitbearing Society, a literary academy promoting the German language, from 1651. On his death his lands were divided among his sons into Weimar, Eisenach and Jena.

William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
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Duchy of Saxe-Jena

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