Johann Friedrich of Saxe-Weimar
Johann Friedrich von Sachsen-Weimar (born September 19, 1600 in Altenburg , † October 17, 1628 in Weimar ) was Duke of Saxe-Weimar .
Life
Duke Johann Friedrich is the son of Duke Johann III. von Sachsen-Weimar and his wife Dorothea Maria von Anhalt . The dukes Johann Ernst d. J. von Sachsen-Weimar , Friedrich von Sachsen-Weimar , Wilhelm IV. Von Sachsen-Weimar , Albrecht von Sachsen-Eisenach , Ernst I von Sachsen-Gotha and Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar are his brothers.
Duke Johann Friedrich enjoyed extensive training from Court Marshal Kaspar von Teutleben and Councilor Friedrich Hortleder . Without following his brothers to the university, Duke Johann Friedrich accompanied his brother Albrecht von Sachsen-Eisenach on his cavalier tour through France and Switzerland in 1619 . The two were accompanied by Hofmeister Hans Bernd von Botzheim and Hofrat Tobias Adami .
Like his brother Duke Albrecht, Duke Johann Friedrich was accepted into the Fruit-Bringing Society by Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen before the start of the Cavalier tour . The prince gave Duke Johann Friedrich the company name of the inflamed and the motto spoiled and received . As an emblem, the stubble in the field was set on fire, half burned . Duke Johann Friedrich's entry can be found in the Koethen Society Book under number 18. There is also the rhyme law, with which Duke Johann Friedrich thanks for the admission:
- When a righteous heart is kindled in virtue
- All of your sisters trew into one binds together.
In 1622 Duke Johann Friedrich fought together with his brother Bernhard on the Baden side in Wimpfen (→ Battle of Wimpfen ). Three years later, at the age of 25, he advanced to work with his brother Johann Ernst the Elder. J. to the colonel. For political reasons, a dispute among the brothers escalated that same year. This power struggle ended with the arrest of Duke Johann Friedrich.
In 1627 Duke Johann Friedrich was caught trying to join Tilly and imprisoned again by his brothers.
In the declaration of the Achtbrüdertaler von Sachsen-Weimar, Johann David Köhler wrote in his “Historischen Münz-Amustigung” (1737) that Johann Friedrich was “so struck out of the way” that he was also because of his “unprincess. Behavior, in which Verhetzt zu Weimar A. 1628 is said to have had a bad sudden death ”.
Duke Johann Friedrich was very interested in alchemy throughout his life . On October 16, 1628, he confessed to a pact with the devil in prison . On October 17th, one day after this written confession, Duke Johann Friedrich was found dead in his cell. The speculations ranged from suicide to contract murder; According to the current state of research, neither one nor the other can be conclusively proven. A witch trial has not been opened.
literature
Ronald Füssel: The witch hunts in the Thuringian area . (Publications of the working group for historical witchcraft and crime research in Northern Germany, 2), Hamburg 2003, DOBU, p. 92 and p. 247 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann David Köhler: Historischer Münz-Amustigung Volume 9, 1737, P. XVII, No. XIV
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Johann Friedrich of Saxe-Weimar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Saxe-Weimar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1600 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1628 |
| Place of death | Weimar |