William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

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Engraving by Peter Isselburg, 1624
Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Duke of Saxe-Jena
Reign1620–1662
PredecessorJohn Ernest I
SuccessorJohn Ernest II in Saxe-Weimar
Bernhard II in Saxe-Jena
Ruler of Saxe-Eisenach
Reign1644–1662
PredecessorAlbrecht
SuccessorAdolf William in Saxe-Eisenach
John George I in Saxe-Marksuhl
Born(1598-04-11)11 April 1598
Altenburg
Died17 May 1662(1662-05-17) (aged 64)
Weimar
Spouse
(m. 1625)
Issue
Detail
HouseWettin (Ernestine line)
FatherJohann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
MotherDorothea Maria of Anhalt
ReligionLutheranism

William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (German: Wilhelm von Sachsen-Weimar; 11 April 1598 – 17 May 1662) was a duke of Saxe-Weimar. He was the fifth child, but the third surviving son of Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt. He was the brother of Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, a prominent Protestant military leader during the Thirty Years' War, and of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, later known as "The Pious".