Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

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Ernest Augustus II
Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach
File:Ernst August II. (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach)@Schloss Tiefurt.JPG
Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Reign 1748–1758
Predecessor Ernest Augustus I
Successor Charles Augustus
Regent Duke Francis Josias
Duke Frederick III
Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Reign 1748-1758
Predecessor Ernest Augustus I
Successor Charles Augustus
Regent Duke Francis Josias
Born (1737-06-02)2 June 1737
Weimar
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Weimar
Spouse Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Issue Charles Augustus
Prince Frederick Ferdinand
Full name
(German: Ernst August II Konstantin)
(English: Ernest Augustus II Constantine)
House House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Father Ernst August I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Mother Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Religion Lutheranism

Ernst August II Konstantin, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (2 June 1737 – 28 May 1758), was a duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

Life

He was the second (fifth in order of birth) but eldest and only surviving son of Ernst August I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar by his second marriage to Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, eldest daughter of Georg Friedrich Karl, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

Ernst August II Konstantin's father, a splendor-loving ruler with a passion for hunting, had moved his court to Eisenach. The duke neglected his son and heir, so that Ernst August II Konstantin spent his early years under the supervision of the Hofmarschall of Schloss Belvedere in Weimar.

Ernst August I died in 1748, when Ernst August II Konstantin was eleven years old. Since he was still a minor, the dukes Frederick III of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Franz Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld assumed the regency of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach on Ernst August II Konstantin's behalf. The young duke came to live with Duke Frederick in Gotha, who made sure that Ernst August II Konstantin received an appropriate education.

In 1755 Ernst August II Konstantin assumed the reins of government. He appointed his former tutor, the Imperial Count (Reichsgräf) Heinrich von Bünau, as his new chancellor. Because the young duke had been a sickly child, he was encouraged to marry quickly in order to ensure an heir for the duchy.

In Brunswick on 16 March 1756, Ernst August II Konstantin married Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. They had two sons:

  1. Karl August, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Grand Duke from 21 April 1815 (b. Weimar, 3 September 1757 – d. Graditz, 14 June 1828).
  2. Frederick Ferdinand Constantine (b. posthumously, Weimar, 8 September 1758 – d. Wiebelskirchen, 6 September 1793) who died unmarried.

When Ernst August II Konstantin died, the hereditary prince Karl August was still an infant. Ernst August Konstantin's widow, the duchess Anna Amalia, presided as regent over an excellent tutelary government which propelled Weimar into the classical period.

Ancestry

Family of Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Princess Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. John Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. John Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Princess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Anna of Oldenburg-Delmenhorst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Countess Magdalene of Oldenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Princess Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Duchess Marie Elisabeth of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Georg Albrecht, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Christian Heinrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Princess Marie Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Albrecht Friedrich, Count of Wolfstein zu Sulzbürg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Countess Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Countess Sophia Luise of Castell-Remlingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Margravine Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Countess Marie Sibylle of Nassau-Saarbrücken
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Princess Louise Charlotte of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Princess Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preceded by Duke of Saxe-Weimar
1748-1758
Succeeded by
Karl August
Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
1748-1758