Duke Frederick of Saxe-Weimar (1596-1622)

Duke Frederick of Saxe-Weimar
Noble family	House of Wettin
Father	John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Mother	Dorothea Maria of Anhalt
Born	1 March 1596(1596-03-01) Altenburg
Died	29 August 1622(1622-08-29) (aged 26) Fleurus, Belgium

Duke Frederick of Saxe-Weimar (1 March 1596, Altenburg – 29 August 1622, Fleurus, Belgium) was a prince from the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin and a Colonet in the Thirty Years' War.

Life

Duke Frederick is the son of John II of Saxe-Weimar and his wife Dorothea Maria of Anhalt, sister of Prince Louis I of Anhalt-Köthen. His brothers were the Dukes John Ernest the Younger of Saxe-Weimar, William IV of Saxe-Weimar Albert of Saxe-Eisenach, John Frederick of Saxe-Weimar, Ernest I of Saxe-Gotha and Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar.

With his older brother, Duke John Ernest the Younger, he gets his first lessons by the tutor and Hofmeister Friedrich von Kospoth. He also studied in Jena, like his brothers John Ernest the Younger and Frederick.

The Fruitbearing Society was founded on 24 August 1617 at Hornstein Castle (now Williamsburg Castle). Frederick was a founding member. Prince Louis I of Anhalt-Köthen gave him the nickname the Hopeful and the motto it will be so. His emblem was a half-ripe cherry, hanging on the three. In the register of the Society at Köthen, he is registered as number 4.

A few weeks later, Duke Frederick began his Grand Tour. This led him via France to Britain and back through the Netherlands. He returned home in 1619.

He fought on the Protestant side in the Thirty Years' War, together with his brothers John Ernest the Younger, John Frederick and William IV. He served as a colonel under Ernst von Mansfeld. In teh regiment of Christian the Younger of Brunswick, he tried to break through the blockade of the Spanish troops durng the Battle of Fleurus and was fatally wounded. He died the next day, aged 26.

• This page is a translation of its German equivalent.

Persondata
Name	Frederick of Saxe-Weimar
Alternative names	Friedrich von Saxony-Weimar (German)
Short description	Duke
Date of birth	1 March 1596
Place of birth	Altenburg
Date of death	29 August 1622
Place of death	Fleurus, Belgium