Ernest Ier of Saxony-Gotha

Ernest 1st of Saxony-Gotha says “the Piles”, (born on December 25th, 1601 with Altenbourg, dead on March 26th, 1675 with Gotha), was duke of Saxony-Gotha of 1640 to 1675 and duke of Saxony-Altenbourg by marriage. He is the son of Jean II of Saxony-Weimar and Dorothée of Palatinat.

He belongs to the second branch, itself resulting from the branch Ernestine of the Maison of Wettin. He is the founder of the line of the Saxony-Gotha become Saxony-Gotha-Altenbourg in 1732 this branch died out in 1825.

Into 1644 the duchy of Saxony-Weimar was divided into two lines: the Saxony-Weimar and the Saxony-Gotha.

Descent

Ernest 1st of Saxony-Gotha married in 1636 Elisabeth of Saxony-Altenbourg (dead in 1680).

Eighteen children were born from this union:

  • Jean of Saxony-Gotha (1638 - 1638)

  • Elisabeth of Saxony-Gotha (1640 - 1709), in 1666 it married the Landgrave Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt (1630 - 1678)
  • Jean of Saxony-Gotha (1641 - 1657)
  • Christian of Saxony-Gotha (1642 - 1642)
  • Sophie of Saxony-Gotha (1643 - (1657)
  • Jeanne of Saxony-Gotha (1645 - 1657)
  • Frederic {{Ier}} of Saxony-Gotha, duke of Saxony-Gotha
  • Albert of Saxony-Gotha (1648 - 1699), duke of Saxony-Cobourg, in 1676 it married Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (dead in 1687), in 1688 it married the countess Suzane Kempinsky (dead in 1717) (posterity)
  • Bernard {{Ier}} of Saxony-Meiningen, duke of Saxony-Meiningen, it belonged the third branch of the House of Wettin.
  • Henri of Saxony-Rolmhild (1650 - 1710), duke of Saxony-Rolmhild, in 1676 it married Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt (dead in 1715), girl of the landgrave Louis IV of Hesse-Darmstadt.
  • Christian of Saxony-Eisenberg, duke of Saxony-Eisenberg (1653 - 1707), in 1677 it married Christiane of Saxony-Merseburg (dead in 1679), (posterity), widower it married in 1681 Sophie of Hesse-Darmstadt (dead in 1712), (girl of the landgrave Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt)
  • Dorothée of Saxony-Saalfeld (1654 - 1682)
  • Ernest III of Saxony-Hildburghausen (1655 - 1715), duke of Saxony-Hilburghausen in 1680 it married Sophie de Waldeck. It founded the fourth branch of the Maison of Wettin
  • Jean-Ernest of Saxony-Saalfeld (1658 - 1729), duke of Saxony-Saalfeld, then duke of Saxony-Cobourg-Saalfeld, it founded the fifth branch of the House of Wettin
  • Jeanne of Saxony-Saalfeld (1660 - 1660)
  • Jean of Saxony-Saalfeld (1661 - 1662)
  • Sophie of Saxony-Saalfeld (1663 - 1633)

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