Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt

Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt (b. Merseburg, 26 October 1657 - d. 1 July 1690), was a German prince. He was a member of the House of Wettin.

He was the fifth but third surviving son of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and Christiane of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg.

Life

Before the death of his father, Philipp received de town of Lauchstädt as appanage.

Philipp was killed in the Battle of Fleurus (1690). He died without surviving male issue, his second and only surviving son having died just one month before him, and predeceased his father. Thereafter, Lauchstädt was merged back into the duchy of Saxe-Merseburg.

Marriage and Issue

In Weimar on 9 July 1684 Philipp married firstly with Eleonore Sophia, daughter of Johann Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. They had two children, neither of whom survived to adulthood:

#Christiana Ernestina (b. Merseburg, 16 September 1685 - d. Merseburg, 20 June 1689).
#Johann Wilhelm (b. Lauchstädt, 27 January 1687 - d. Merseburg, 21 June 1687).

In Bernstadt on 17 August 1688 and eighteen months after the death of his first wife, Philipp married secondly with Luise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Bernstadt. They had one son:

#Christian Ludwig (b. Merseburg, 21 July 1689 - d. Merseburg, 6 June 1690).