John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony

John Frederick II
Portrait by Monogrammist IS, c. 1560
Duke of Saxony
Reign3 March 1554 – November 1566
PredecessorJohn Frederick I
SuccessorJohn William
Landgrave of Thuringia
Reign1554 – November 1566
PredecessorJohn Ernest
SuccessorJohn William
Born8 January 1529
Torgau
Died19 May 1595(1595-05-19) (aged 66)
Schloss Steyer, Upper Austria
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1555; died 1555)
(m. 1558; died 1594)
Issue
among others...
HouseWettin (Ernestine line)
FatherJohn Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
MotherSibylle of Cleves
ReligionLutheran

John Frederick II of Saxony (German: Johann Friedrich II. von Sachsen; 8 January 1529 – 19 May 1595), was a prince of the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin. Although he nominally bore the title of Duke of Saxony, he in fact ruled the Saxon duchies of Coburg and Eisenach.