Johann Wilhelm was a duke of Saxe-Weimar who became heavily involved in Imperial politics after his brother Johann Friedrich II was imprisoned. Although expected to defend Protestant interests, he ali
Anonymous portrait of Johann Wilhelm (c. 1550–1573)
Field and Tournament Armor of Johann Wilhelm (1530–1573), Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Dorothea Susanne of Simmern.
John Frederick I of Saxony
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John Frederick I was the Prince-Elector and Arch-Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire from the Ernestine branch of the Saxon ruling House of Wettin, who initially governed over the Ernestine Electorate of
Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
…his brother's two sons. Johann Wilhelm retained Weimar and gained Altenburg, Gotha, and Meiningen, but lost other territories. He was the second son of Johann Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, and Sibylle of Cleves. At the time of his birth, his father still carried the title Elector of Saxony, but he lost it in 1547 after his defeat and…
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1531
Hunt in Honour of Charles V at the Castle of Torgau, by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1544
Battle of Mühlberg 1547 and imprisonment of Elector John Frederick I of Saxony. Painting from 1630, German Historical Museum, Berlin
John Frederick in captivity, painted by Titian c. 1550–51. Note the scar on the left of his face, received at Mühlberg.