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3 unusual facts about John Ernest


John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg

In 1542 John Frederick I decided to rule alone, and ceded to John Ernest the Franconian areas of the Wettin family lands (Coburg, Eisfeld, etc.); but it was not until 1547 (after the Battle of Mühlberg) when John Ernest could govern undisturbed in Coburg.

John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach

Also, in order to had a separated residence from his brother too, Johann Ernst establishes himself in the small town of Marksuhl on 1587.

In the Diet of Speyer (1570), the Emperor decided to restored to the three sons of Johann Frederick II his hereditary rights.


Christiana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

# Sophie Hedwig (4 August 1660 in Merseburg – 2 August 1686 in Saalfeld), married on 18 February 1680 to Duke John Ernest of Saxe-Saalfeld

Gillian Wise

She studied art at the Wimbledon and Central schools of Art and early in the 1950s became the youngest member of the Constructionist group, centred around Victor Pasmore and including Adrian Heath, John Ernest, Anthony Hill, Kenneth Martin, and Mary Martin.

John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

In 1638, he received the towns of Coburg, Bad Rodach, Römhild, Hildburghausen and Neustadt, according to the divisionary treaty between him and the branch of Saxe-Weimar after the death of the duke John Ernest of Saxe-Eisenach without surviving issue.

Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach

The duchy was created by the Division of Erfurt in 1572 which implemented a decision of the Diet of Speyer in 1570 to separate Coburg and Eisenach from the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar and give them to John Casimir and John Ernest, the two sons of John Frederick II.

Saxe-Weimar

When in 1638 the Ernestine Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Coburg branch became extinct upon the death of Duke John Ernest, Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar inherited large parts of his estates.


see also

Geoffrey Appleyard

Appleyard was born in Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, the son of John Ernest Appleyard, a successful motor engineer, and Mary Elizabeth Northrop.

John E. Dahlquist

John Ernest Dahlquist (March 12, 1896 — July 30, 1975) was a United States Army general and World War II division commander.

John Neale

Sir J. E. Neale (John Ernest Neale, 1890–1975), British historian

Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach

John Ernest soon withdrew and returned to his hunting lodge in Marksuhl.