Johann Ernst (Saxony-Coburg)
Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Coburg (born May 10, 1521 in Coburg ; † February 8, 1553 there ) was a prince from the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin and from 1541 until his death the first independent Duke of Saxe-Coburg .
Life
Johann Ernst was the eldest son of the Saxon Elector Johann the Constant (1468–1532) from his second marriage to Margarete (1494–1521), daughter of Prince Waldemar VI. from Anhalt-Zerbst . Johann Ernst was trained by the theologian and reformer Georg Spalatin . His older half-brother, Elector Johann Friedrich I, involved him in rule over the Saxon electoral state from 1532, after he had been Johann Ernst's guardian from 1528.
In 1541, following the mediation of Prince Wolfgang von Anhalt in Torgau, the Franconian areas of the Wettins ( care of Coburg ) were established for Johann Ernst as a separate rule. He dominated the offices of Coburg, Königsberg , Neustadt , Sonneberg , Neuhaus , Rodach , Hildburghausen , Heldburg , Eisfeld , Veilsdorf , Schalkau and Ummerstadt . Furthermore, he received a one-off sum and an annual payment from his brother. In 1542 Johann Ernst began building Ehrenburg Palace after the Veste Coburg seemed too uncomfortable to him. On February 12 of the same year he married Katharina (1524–1581), daughter of Duke Philip I of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen, in Torgau . The marriage remained childless. Gold mining began in Steinheid under Johann Ernst .
In 1547 he was not affected by the punitive action that Emperor Charles V carried out against the Saxon elector after the battle of Mühlberg . Johann Ernst could continue to rule in Coburg unmolested, but lost the office of Königsberg to the emperor.
After Johann Ernst's death in 1553, Coburg fell back to Johann Friedrich († 1554), who had been released from imperial imprisonment a few months earlier, and his three sons, who ruled the entire Ernestine estate together for several years from 1554.
literature
- August Beck: Johann Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 369.
- Johann Samuel Publication : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , Leipzig 1842, p. 241 ( digitized version )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Johann Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johann Ernst of Saxe-Coburg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Saxe-Coburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1521 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1553 |
| Place of death | Coburg |