Johann Georg II. (Saxony-Eisenach)

Johann Georg II. (* July 24, 1665 in Friedewald ; † November 10, 1698 in Eisenach ) was Duke of Saxony-Eisenach and came from the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin .

Johann Wilhelm was born the son of Duke Johann Georg I of Saxony-Eisenach and his wife Johanetta von Sayn-Wittgenstein . After the death of his father in 1686 he became the ruling Duke of Saxony-Eisenach. On September 20, 1688 he married in Kirchheim under Teck Sophie Charlotte (1671–1717), daughter of Duke Eberhard III. von Württemberg and his second wife Maria Dorothea Sophia von Oettingen .

He died childless of smallpox at the age of 33; after his death, his younger brother Johann Wilhelm inherited the ducal throne.

		Two-thirds thaler (guilder) 1690
		Johann Georg II. Duke of Saxony-Eisenach (1680–1698)
		Value = 16 groschen = 192 pfennigs
		Minted in 1690 Eisenach mint
		Mint master Heinrich Christian Müller in office 1689–1690
		Weight: 16.53 g Diameter: 37.02-37.89 mm Thickness: 2.06 mm
Minted as a regional coin in the 12 thaler coin footer from Leipzig, 18 pieces on the fine mark, fine weight: 12.992 g silver. The weight was subject to fluctuations: between 17.323 g with 12 Loth = 750 ‰ silver and 15.607 g with 15 Loth 4 Grän = 951.389 ‰ silver
Obv .: Half-length portrait of the Duke to the right with an allonge wig in armor with a wrap; Mint owner and ruler title as inscription from left to right in Latin capital letters IOH◦GEORG◦D◦G◦D◦SAX◦I◦C◦M◦A◦ & ◦W◦ JOHANNES GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA DUX SAXONIAE IVLIACI CLIVIAE MONTIUM ANGARIAE ET WESTPHALIA ( Johann Georg by God's grace Duke of Saxony, Jülich, Kleve, Berg, Engern and Westphalia)
Rev .: Under the ducal hat, between two palm fronds with an embossed separate year coat of arms shield with 20 fields and heart shield with Saxon coat of arms; underneath in an oval wreath denomination 2/3; Inscription at the top right beginning PIETATE & IVSTITIA◦ (piety and justice) 1st row: Duchies of Jülich, Kleve and Berg 2nd row: Landgraviate of Thuringia, County of Orlamünde, Margraviate of Meißen 3rd row: Palatinate Counties of Saxony and Thuringia 4th row: Margraviate Landsberg and Burgraviate of Altenburg 5th row: Middle of Landgraviate of Thuringia and Duchy of Gotha 5th row: Fields left and right separated from the Pleissen dominion , Grafschaft Brehna and Herrschaft Eisenberg, Herrschaft Pleissen 6th row: Counties Mark, Henneberg and Ravensberg 7th row: Burggrafschaft Magdeburg and Regalienfeld?
Knurling on both sides, smooth edge / reverse embossing

Individual evidence

1. ^ Gerhard Raff : Hie gut Wirtemberg every way. Volume 3: The House of Württemberg from Duke Wilhelm Ludwig to Duke Friedrich Carl. Hohenheim, Stuttgart / Leipzig 2002, ISBN 3-89850-084-5 / ISBN 978-3-943066-11-1 , pp. 340–353.

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann Georg I.	Duke of Saxony-Eisenach 1686 - 1698	Johann Wilhelm