John Ernest II
…John Ernest II (11 September 1627, in Weimar – 15 May 1683, in Weimar), was a duke of Saxe-Weimar. He was the second but eldest surviving son of William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau. After the death of his father on 1662, he became reigning duke. In 1672 John Ernest divided his possessions…