Elector Ernst of Saxony (1464-86), by family agreement he split the territories with his brother in 1485, taking Thuringia, the Bggfschaft of Magdeburg, and the Pfgfschaft of Saxony, *Meissen 24.3.1441, +Kolditz 26.8.1486, bur Meissen Dom; m.Leipzig 19.11.1460 Elisabeth of Bavaria (*2.2.1443 +5.5.1484); They had issue:
- A1. Christine, *Torgau 25.12.1461, +Odense 8.12.1521, bur Skt.Knud’s Kirke, Odense; m.Copenhagen 6.9.1478 King Johann I of Denmark (*1.2.1455 +20.2.1513)
- A2. Friedrich III "der Weise", Elector of Saxony (1486-1525), the patron of Martin Luther, *Torgau 17.1.1463, +Lockau 5.5.1525, bur Wittenberg; he had illegitimate issue by "der Wantzlerinne":
- B1. Friedrich von Jessen, fl 1519/35
- B2. Sebastian von Jessen, +stabbed to death at Fünen 1535
- B3. Hieronymus, +by 1525
- B4. a dau., *ca 1512, +after 1525
- A3. Ernst, Archbishop of Magdeburg (1476-80), Bp of Halberstadt (1480-1513), *Meissen 26.6.1464, +Halle 3.8.1513, bur Magdeburg Dom
- A4. Albrecht, Administrator of Mainz, *Meissen 8.5.1467, +Aschaffenburg 1.5.1484, bur Mainz Dom
- A5. Johann "der Beständige", Elector of Saxony (1525-32), *Meissen 30.6.1468, +Schweinitz 16.8.1532, bur Wittenberg; 1m: Torgau 1.3.1500 Sofie von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (*18.12.1481 +12.7.1503); 2m: Torgau 13.11.1513 Margarete von Anhalt (*Köthen 12.11.1494, +Weimar 7.10.1521)
- B1. Johann Friedrich I "der Grossmütige", Elector of Saxony (1532-54), he was captured by the emperor in 1547 and deprived of the electorate, which was awarded to his cousin, along with Wittenberg, because of his adherence to the Reformation, *Torgau 30.6.1503, +Weimar 3.3.1554, bur Weimar; m.Torgau 9.2.1527 Sibylle of Cleves (*Düsseldorf 17.7.1512, +Weimar 21.2.1554, bur there)
- C1. Johann Friedrich II, Elector of Saxony (1554-56), when the electorate was once and for all removed to the other branch of the family, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach, *Torgau 8.1.1529, +in prison at Steier 19.5.1595, bur Coburg; 1m: Weimar 26.5.1555 Agnes of Hesse (*Marburg 31.5.1527, +Weimar 4.11.1555, bur there); 2m: Weimar 12.6.1558 Elisabeth, Pfgfn von Simmern (*Birkenfeld 30.6.1540, +Wr.Neustadt 8.2.1594)
- D1. Johann Friedrich, *Weimar 30.11.1559, +Weimar 8.8.1560, bur there
- D2. Friederich Heinrich, *Heldburg 3.2.1563, +Eisenberg 4.8.1572, bur Weimar
- D3. Duke Johann Kasimir of Saxe-Coburg 1596, *Gotha 12.6.1564, +Coburg 16.7.1633, bur Coburg; 1m: Dresden 16.1.1586 (div 1593) Pss Anna of Saxony (*Dresden 16.11.1567, +Veste Coburg 27.1.1613); 2m: Coburg 16.9.1599 Dss Margarete von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (*Celle 6.4.1573, +Celle 7.8.1643)
- D4. Duke Johann Ernst of Saxe-Eisenach (1596-1638), in Coburg (1633-38), *Gotha 9.7.1566, +Eisenach 23.10.1638, bur there; 1m: Wiener Neustadt 23.11.1591 Elisabeth von Mansfeld (*1565, +Marksuhl 12.4.1596, bur Creuzburg); 2m: Rotenburg 14.5.1598 Christine of Hesse-Cassel (*Kassel 19.10.1578, +Eisenach 19.8.1658, bur there)
- E1. Johann Friedrich, *and +Marksuhl 8.4.1596, bur Creuzburg
- C2. Duke Johann Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar-Coburg (1566-73), in Gotha (1567-73), *Torgau 11.3.1530, +Weimar 2.3.1573, bur there; m.Heidelberg 15.6.1560 Dorothea Susanne Pfgfn von Simmern (*Simmern 15.11.1544, +Weimar 8.4.1592)
- D1. Duke Friedrich Wilhelm I of Saxe-Altenburg (1573-1602), *Weimar 25.4.1562, +Weimar 7.7.1602, bur there; 1m: Weimar 5.5.1583 Dss Sofie von Württemberg (*Stuttgart 20.11.1563, +Vacha 21.7.1590, bur Weimar); 2m: Neuburg 9.9.1591 Anna Marie Pfgfn von Bayern-Neuburg (*Neuburg 18.8.1575, +Dornburg an der Saale 11.5.1643)
- E1. Dorothea Marie, *Weimar 8.5.1584, +Weimar 9.9.1586, bur there
- E2. Johann Wilhelm, *Weimar 30.6.1585, +Weimar 23.1.1587, bur there
- E3. Friedrich, *Weimar 26.9.1586, +Weimar 19.1.1587, bur there
- E4. Dorothea Sofie, Abbess of Quedlinburg 1618, *Weimar 19.12.1587, +Weimar 10.2.1645, bur Quedlinburg
- E5. Anna Marie, *Weimar 31.3.1589, +Dresden 15.12.1626, bur Altenburg
- E6. Duke Johann Philipp of Saxe-Altenburg (1602-39), *Torgau 25.1.1597, +Altenburg 1.4.1639, bur there; m.Altenburg 25.10.1618 Dss Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (*Wolfenbüttel 23.6.1593, +Altenburg 25.3.1650)
- F1. Elisabeth Sophia, *Halle 10.10.1619, +Gotha 20.12.1680, bur Gotha; m.Altenburg 24.10.1636 Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Gotha (+1675)
- E7. Anna Sofie, *Torgau 3.2.1598, +Öls 20.3.1641; m.Öls 24.11./4.12.1618 Duke Karl Friedrich von Münsterberg (*18.10.1593 +31.5.1647)
- E8. Duke Friedrich of Saxe-Altenburg, *Torgau 12.2.1599, +k.a.24.10.1625, bur Altenburg
- E9. Duke Johann Wilhelm of Saxe-Altenburg, *Torgau 13.4.1600, +Brieg 2.12.1632, bur Dresden
- E10. Dorothea, *Torgau 26.6.1601, +Altenburg 10.4.1675, bur there; m.Weimar 24.6.1633 Duke Albrecht of Saxe-Eisenach (+1644)
- E11. Duke Friedrich Wilhelm II of Saxe-Altenburg, in Coburg, Rodach, Römhild, Hildburghausen u.Neustadt 1640, in Themar u.Meiningen 1660, *Weimar 12.2.1603, +Altenburg 22.4.1669, bur there; 1m: Schloß Altenburg 18.9.1638 Pss Sofie Elisabeth von Brandenburg (*Halle 1.2.1616, +Schloß Altenburg 16.3.1650); 2m: Dresden 11.10.1652 Pss Magdalene Sibylle von Sachsen (*1617 +1668)
- D2. Sibylle Marie, *Weimar 7.11.1563, +Altenburg 20.2.1569, bur Weimar
- D3. Johann, Duke of Saxe-Weimar und Jena (1603-05), *Weimar 22.5.1570, +Weimar 18.7.1605, bur there; m.Altenburg 7.1.1593 Pss Dorothea Marie von Anhalt (*2.7.1574 +18.7.1617)
- E1. Duke Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar, *Altenburg 21.2.1594, +Sankt Martin, Hungary 6.12.1626, bur Weimar
- E2. Christian Wilhelm, *and +Altenburg 6.4.1595
- E3. Friedrich, *Altenburg 1.3.1596, +k.a.Fleury 19.8.1622, bur Weimar
- E4. Johann, *Weimar 31.3.1597, +Weimar 6.10.1604, bur there
- E5. Duke Wilhelm "der Grosse" of Saxe-Weimar, zu Remda, in Eisenach, Creuzburg, Gerstungen, Salzungen, Gotha, Heldburg, Eisfeld, Weimar, Jena, Burgau, Berka, Buttsadt, Lobeda, Eisenach, Ilmenau, Kaltennordheim, etc, *Altenburg 11.4.1598, +Weimar 17.5.1662, bur Weimar; m.Weimar 23.5.1625 Pss Eleonore Dorothea von Anhalt-Dessau (*6.2.1602 +26.12.1664); for his issue see HERE
- E6. Duke Albrecht of Saxe-Eisenach, *Altenburg 27.7.1599, +Eisenach 20.12.1644, bur there; m.Weimar 24.6.1633 Pss Dorothea of Saxe-Altenburg (*1601 +1675)
- E7. Johann Friedrich, *Altenburg 19.9.1600, +Weimar 17.10.1628, bur there
- E8. Duke Ernst I "der Fromme" of Saxe-Gotha, in Tenneberg, Waltershausen, Wachsenburg, Ichtershausen, Königsberg und Tonndorf 1641, Heldburg, Eisfeld und Salzungen 1645, Frauenbreitungen und Wasungen 1660, Kranichfeld 1663, Altenburg, Leuchtenburg, Orlamünde, Krainburg, Eisenberg, Stadtroda, Ronneburg, Saalfeld, Grafenthal, Probstzella, Coburg, Sonneberg, Haldburghausen, Themar, Untermassfeld, Meiningen, Behringen und Römhild 1672, *Altenburg 25.12.1601, +Schloß Friedenstein, Gotha 26.3.1675, bur Gotha; m.Altenburg 24.10.1636 Pss Elisabeth Sofie von Sachsen-Altenburg (*10.10.1619, +20.12.1680); for their descendants see HERE
- E9. Friedrich Wilhelm, *Weimar 7.2.1603, +Georgenthal 16.8.1619, bur Weimar
- E10. Bernhard, Hg von Franken 1633, *Weimar 6.8.1604, +Neuenburg/Oberrhein 18.7.1639, bur Weimar
- E11. Johanna, *Weimar 14.4.1606, +Weimar 3.7.1609, bur there
- D4. Marie, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1601-10), *Weimar 7.10.1571, +7.3.1610, bur Quedlinburg
- C3. Johann Ernst, *Weimar 5.1.1535, +Weimar 11.1.1535, bur there
- C4. Johann Friedrich III, *Torgau 16.1.1538, +Jena 31.10.1565, bur Weimar
- B2. Marie, *Weimar 15.12.1515, +Wolgast 7.1.1583, bur there; m.Torgau 27.2.1536 Duke Philipp I of Pomerania (+1560)
- B3. Margarete, *Zwickau 25.4.1518, +Weimar 10.3.1535, bur Oberweimar
- B4. Johann, *and +Weimar 26.9.1519, bur Oberweimar
- B5. Johann Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, *Coburg 10.5.1521, +Coburg 8.2.1563, bur there; m.Torgau 12.2.1542 Dss Katharina von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (*30.8.1524 +Saalfeld 24.2.1581)
- A6. Margarete, *4.8.1469, +Weimar 7.12.1528, bur there; m.Celle 27.2.1487 Duke Heinrich von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (+1532)
- A7. Wolfgang, *ca 1473, +Torgau ca 1478, bur there
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