Wilhelm Ernst, Duke o Saxe-Weimar
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| Wilhelm Ernst | |
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| Duke o Saxe-Weimar | |
| Ring | 1683–1728 |
| Predecessor | Johann Ernst II |
| Successor | Ernst August I |
| Born | 19 October 1662 Weimar |
| Dee'd | 26 August 1728 (aged 65) Weimar |
| Spouse | Charlotte Marie o Saxe-Jena |
| Hoose | Hoose o Wettin |
| Faither | Johann Ernst II, Duke o Saxe-Weimar |
| Mither | Princess Christine Elisabeth o Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg |
| Releegion | Lutheran |
Wilhelm Ernst, Duke o Saxe-Weimar (19 October 1662 – 26 August 1728) wis a duke o Saxe-Weimar.
Mairiage[eedit | eedit soorce]
Sax month efter the daith o his faither (2 November 1683), Wilhelm Ernst mairit in Eisenach with Charlotte Marie, his cousin an auldest surviving dochter o his uncle Bernhard II, Duke o Saxe-Jena, in order tae secure the faimily lands. At that time, the guardian o Charlotte an his younger brither, the duke Johann Wilhelm o Saxe-Jena, was the duke Johann Georg I o Saxe-Eisenach, their anly surviving uncle. When he died in 1686, the guardianship o the duke o Saxe-Jena wis taken bi Wilhelm Ernst, his cousin an brither-in-law.