Person:Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg (1)

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Name Christian _____, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg
Gender Male
Birth? 6 Jan 1653 Gotha, Thüringen, Germany
Marriage to Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg
Marriage to Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt
Death? 28 Apr 1707 Eisenberg, Sachsen-Altenburg, Germany
Reference Number? Q132455


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Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg (6 January 1653 – 28 April 1707) was a duke of Saxe-Eisenberg.

He was born in Gotha, the eighth, but fifth surviving, son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg.

Christian had traveled far in his youth and was interested early in History and Art. After the death of his father in 1675, he governed together with his brothers over Saxe-Gotha. He made Eisenberg his residence, where in 1677 he built the Schloss Christiansburg. After the divisionary treaty of the duchy in 1680, Christian retained Eisenberg and the towns of Ronneburg, Roda and Camburg. During his last years he was very interested in alchemy.

He died in Eisenberg, with considerable debts, and, like his brothers Albrecht of Saxe-Coburg and Heinrich of Saxe-Römhild, without sons. His lands were disputed between his remaining brothers and their descendants in the "Coburg-Eisenberg-Römhild inheritance dispute", which took until 1735 to be resolved.

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