Friedrich (Sachsen-Weißenfels-Dahme)
Friedrich von Sachsen-Weißenfels (born November 20, 1673 in Halle , † April 16, 1715 in Dahme ) was Duke of Sachsen-Weißenfels zu Dahme and Electorate General Lieutenant and came from a sideline of the Albertine Wettins .
Life
Friedrich was the first son of Duke August von Sachsen-Weißenfels and his second wife Johanna Walpurgis von Leiningen-Westerburg , daughter of Count Georg Wilhelm von Leiningen-Westerburg from his marriage to Sophie Elisabeth zur Lippe-Detmold .
As a later son from his second marriage, he had no claims to the hereditary lands of the Weißenfelser secondary school, so he devoted himself to a military career and therefore spent most of the time at the Electoral Saxon court in Dresden from the age of fourteen .
For his material supply, however, he was assigned the office of Dahme of the Principality of Saxony-Querfurt by his nephew Duke Johann Georg and thus established his own, albeit non-sovereign branch of the Weissenfels family, which is still dependent on the main line.
Friedrich took residence in Dahme and commissioned the builders Johann Christoph Schütze and Elias Scholtz from 1711 on the remains of the medieval moated castle to build Dahme Castle , which was completed after about four years of construction with a striking central projection. The garden was also redesigned in the Baroque style through the creation of summer houses, sandstone sculptures and grottos. However, Friedrich was no longer able to move into the castle because he died shortly before the building was completed. Instead, his wife Emilie Agnes Reuss zu Schleiz moved into the castle as a widow's residence, which she later opened mainly in her other dominions (from her first marriage) Fürstlich Drehna and Vetschau , where she also died in 1729. The later Duke and last regent of Sachsen-Weißenfels Johann Adolf (II.) Continued the construction work from 1719 and made the Dahmer Castle his temporary residence.
Duke Friedrich died at the age of 41 and was buried in a pewter coffin in the castle church of Neu-Augustusburg zu Weißenfels.
family
His only marriage was on February 13, 1711 in Fürstlich Drehna with Emilie Agnes Reuss zu Schleiz , widowed Countess of Promnitz zu Pless auf Sorau and Triebel, the daughter of Count Heinrich I. Reuss zu Schleiz from his marriage to Esther zu Hardegg auf Glatz and im Machlande, daughter of Count Julius III. to Hardegg on Glatz and in the Machlande. The marriage remained without offspring.
Friedrich's stepson Erdmann II. Von Promnitz and his niece Anna Maria von Sachsen-Weißenfels had already married in 1705.
Web links
- Publications by and about Friedrich im VD 17 .
- Friedrich von Sachsen-Weissenfels on thepeerage.com , accessed on September 18, 2016.
- Johann Huebners… three hundred and three and thirty genealogical tables, Tab. 169
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Georg |
Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Dahme 1711 - 1715 |
Administration again through the main line ( Christian, Duke of Saxony-Querfurt ) |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Friedrich von Sachsen-Weißenfels-Dahme; Friedrich zu Dahme |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prince of Saxony-Weissenfels, Herr auf Dahme, General Elector of Saxony |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1673 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hall |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1715 |
| Place of death | Dahme |