Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (10 November 1691 – 26 July 1741), was a duke of Saxe-Eisenach.
Wilhelm Heinrich | |
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Duke of Saxe-Eisenach | |
Reign | 1729–1741 |
Predecessor | Johann Wilhelm |
Successor | Ernst August I |
Born | Oranjewoud | 10 November 1691
Died | 26 July 1741 49) Eisenach | (aged
Spouse | Albertine Juliane of Nassau-Idstein Anna Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Schwedt |
House | House of Wettin |
Father | Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach |
Mother | Amalie of Nassau-Dietz |
Religion | Lutheranism |
He was born in Oranjewoud, the eldest and only surviving son of Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach and his first wife Amalie of Nassau-Dietz.
Wilhelm Heinrich first married Albertine Juliane of Nassau-Idstein (daughter George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein) in Idstein on 15 February 1713. This marriage was childless. He married his second wife Anna Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Schwedt in Berlin on 3 June 1723, just eight months after the death of Albertine Juliane. The second marriage was also childless.
Wilhelm Heinrich acceded to the duchy of Saxe-Eisenach in 1729 upon the death of his father and was succeeded by his second cousin, duke Ernst August I of Saxe-Weimar. The personal union between Eisenach and Weimar created by this succession was only nominal until 1809, when the two patrimonies were formally united. He died in Eisenach.
Preceded by Johann Wilhelm |
Duke of Saxe-Eisenach 1729–1741 |
Succeeded by Ernst August I |