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Albrecht, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Albrecht IV
Historical Figure
Nationality: Germany
Year of Birth: July 1599
Year of Death: December 1644
Religion: Lutheran
Occupation: Nobleman, duke
Spouse: Dorothea of Saxe-Altenburg
Relatives: Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar
Ernst of Saxe-Weimar
Bernard of Saxe-Weimar
Fictional Appearances:
1632 series
POD: May, 1631
Appearance(s): 1633
Ring of Fire III
Type of Appearance: Direct

Albrecht, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, (b. Altenburg, 27 July 1599 - d. Eisenach, 20 December 1644) was a ruler of the duchy of Saxe-Eisenach. He was the seventh (but fourth surviving) son of Johann, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt. His regnal name Albert IV derives from the numbering of the duchy of Saxony as a whole, not specifically to the succession in Saxe-Eisenach.

Albrecht of Saxe-Weimar in 1632[]

When Grantville arrived in 1631, Albrecht, along with his brothers, was one of the four dukes of Saxe-Weimar. After the establishment of the New United States he sat in most of the sessions of the country's House of Lords.[1]. After his older brother, Wilhelm, abdicated in 1633, he became Duke of Saxe-Weimar. As such, he stayed home to manage the family's property and economic interests[2], and continued to represent Saxe-Weimar in the State of Thuringia-Franconia's House of Lords. In the 1635 elections, the Crown Loyalists ran him against Ed Piazza for the position of president of the SoTF. It is possible that he did not really want to run, as after losing in a landslide, he seemed relieved.[3]

Even though he knew from up-time encyclopedias that his marriage to Dorothea of Saxe-Altenburg had been childless in the OTL, he married her anyway.[4]

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Regnal titles (OTL)
Preceded by
New Creation
Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
1640–1644
Succeeded by
Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar
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