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Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar
b.25 Dec 1696 Weimar, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen, Hessen, Germany
d.1 Aug 1715
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Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar (25 December 1696 – 1 August 1715) was a German prince, son by his second marriage of Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. Despite his early death he is remembered as a collector and commissioner of music and as a composer, some of whose concertos were arranged for harpsichord or organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, who was court organist in Weimar at the time.
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