Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar

Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar (German: Johann Ernst von Sachsen-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.

Prince Johann Ernst
The Red Castle in Weimar where Johann Ernst lived with his brother Duke Ernst August I
Born(1696-12-25)25 December 1696
Weimar
Died1 August 1715(1715-08-01) (aged 18)
Frankfurt
HouseHouse of Wettin
FatherJohann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
MotherCharlotte Dorothea Sophia of Hesse-Homburg
ReligionLutheranism
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