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William August, Duke of Saxe Eisenach

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Reign
  
1668–1671

Successor
  
Johann Georg I

Name
  
William Duke

Predecessor
  
Adolf William

House
  
House of Wettin

Born
  
30 November 1668 Eisenach (
1668-11-30
)

Died
  
23 February 1671(1671-02-23) (aged 2) Eisenach

Father
  
Adolf Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach

Wilhelm August, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (30 November 1668 – 23 February 1671) was a duke of Saxe-Eisenach.

He was born at Eisenach, the youngest and only surviving son of Adolf Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach and Marie Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel.

All his older brothers died before his father, and Wilhelm August, the fifth and youngest child, was born nine days after the death of Adolf Wilhelm (21 November 1668) and succeeded him in the duchy of Saxe-Eisenach from the moment of his birth, under the guardianship of his uncle Johann Georg.

A sickly boy, he died at Eisenach when only two years old, and Eisenach was inherited by Johann Georg.

References

William August, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach Wikipedia