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- Saxe-Weissenfels abstract "Saxe-Weissenfels (German: Sachsen-Weißenfels) was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire from 1656/7 until 1746 with its residence at Weißenfels. Ruled by a cadet branch of the Albertine House of Wettin, the duchy passed to the Electorate of Saxony upon the extinction of the line.John George I of Wettin, Saxon prince-elector from 1611 to 1656, had disposed in his testament that while his eldest son John George II would succeed him as elector, his younger brothers should be vested with secundogeniture duchies as an appanage. Therefore upon his death the Duchies of Saxe-Zeitz, Saxe-Merseburg and Saxe-Weissenfels arose, the latter was granted to the second eldest son Augustus, who already served as the Protestant administrator of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg since 1638, then residing at Halle. From about 1660 he had the Baroque Neu-Augustusburg residence built at Weißenfels.Beside Weißenfels the duchy comprised the ämter of Freyburg, Sachsenburg (present-day Oldisleben), Sangerhausen, Eckartsberga, Weißensee and Langensalza. Duke Augustus enlarged its territory by several lordships originally held by the Magdeburg archbishops and adjudicated to Saxony by the 1635 Peace of Prague, including the immediate lordship of Querfurt as well as the exclaves of Jüterbog, Dahme and Burg. By Querfurt, the ducal Saxe-Weissenfels line gained the status of an Imperial State (at times called Saxe-Querfurt) and member of the Upper Saxon Circle, though without a vote in the Reichstag. In 1659 Augustus also acquired the County of Barby, which upon his death in 1680 was granted to his younger son Heinrich. Augustus eldest son and successor Duke Johann Adolf I sold Burg to Brandenburg in 1687.George Frideric Handel's father Georg Händel from 1657 on served as a physician to Duke Augustus of Saxe-Weissenfels, the composer himself was born in the former ducal residence of Halle. According to legend it was Duke Johan Adolf I admiring George Frederic's performance on the church organ of Neu-Augustusburg Castle, who promoted his musical career. In 1713 Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated his cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 to Christian of Saxe-Weissenfels in celebration of the duke's 31st birthday, it was first performed at the ducal Neuenburg hunting lodge at Freyburg. In 1729 Bach assumed the office of a Kapellmeister at Weißenfels, where he completed his Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV 540 for the castle church organ.".
- Saxe-Weissenfels capital Wei%C3%9Fenfels.
- Saxe-Weissenfels dissolutionDate "1746-05-16".
- Saxe-Weissenfels dissolutionYear "1746".
- Saxe-Weissenfels foundingDate "1656-10-08".
- Saxe-Weissenfels foundingYear "1656".
- Saxe-Weissenfels thumbnail Flag_of_Electoral_Saxony.svg?width=300.
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- Saxe-Weissenfels capital "Weißenfels".
- Saxe-Weissenfels commonName "Saxe-Weissenfels".
- Saxe-Weissenfels continent "Europe".
- Saxe-Weissenfels conventionalLongName "Duchy of Saxe-Weissenfels".
- Saxe-Weissenfels country "Germany".
- Saxe-Weissenfels dateEnd "--05-16".
- Saxe-Weissenfels dateStart "--10-08".
- Saxe-Weissenfels empire "Holy Roman Empire".
- Saxe-Weissenfels era "Early modern Europe".
- Saxe-Weissenfels eventEnd "Ducal line extinct".
- Saxe-Weissenfels eventStart "Death of elector".
- Saxe-Weissenfels eventStart "Johann Georg I".
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- Saxe-Weissenfels governmentType "Monarchy".
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- Saxe-Weissenfels leader Augustus,_Duke_of_Saxe-Weissenfels.
- Saxe-Weissenfels leader Christian,_Duke_of_Saxe-Weissenfels.
- Saxe-Weissenfels leader Johann_Adolf_I,_Duke_of_Saxe-Weissenfels.
- Saxe-Weissenfels leader Johann_Adolf_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Weissenfels.
- Saxe-Weissenfels leader Johann_Georg,_Duke_of_Saxe-Weissenfels.
- Saxe-Weissenfels nativeName "Herzogtum Sachsen-Weißenfels".
- Saxe-Weissenfels p "Electorate of Saxony".
- Saxe-Weissenfels region "Central Europe".
- Saxe-Weissenfels s "Electorate of Saxony".
- Saxe-Weissenfels status "Vassal".
- Saxe-Weissenfels titleLeader "Duke".
- Saxe-Weissenfels yearEnd "1746".
- Saxe-Weissenfels yearLeader "1656".
- Saxe-Weissenfels yearLeader "1680".
- Saxe-Weissenfels yearLeader "1697".
- Saxe-Weissenfels yearLeader "1712".
- Saxe-Weissenfels yearLeader "1736".
- Saxe-Weissenfels yearStart "1656".
- Saxe-Weissenfels subject Category:Dukes_of_Saxe-Weissenfels.
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- Saxe-Weissenfels subject Category:House_of_Wettin.
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- Saxe-Weissenfels comment "Saxe-Weissenfels (German: Sachsen-Weißenfels) was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire from 1656/7 until 1746 with its residence at Weißenfels.".
- Saxe-Weissenfels label "Ducado de Sajonia-Weissenfels".
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- Saxe-Weissenfels depiction Flag_of_Electoral_Saxony.svg.
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- Saxe-Weissenfels name "Duchy of Saxe-Weissenfels".
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