Karl August, Grand Duke o Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
(Reguidit frae Charles Augustus, Grand Duke o Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach)
Karl August, sometimes anglicised as Charles Augustus (3 September 1757 – 14 Juin 1828), wis the sovereign Duke o Saxe-Weimar an o Saxe-Eisenach (in personal union) frae 1758, Duke o Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach from its creation (as a political union) in 1809, and grand duke from 1815 until his death. He is noted for the intellectual brilliance o his coort.
Karl August | |
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Grand Duke o Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | |
Ring | 1815–1828 |
Predecessor | Raised frae duchy |
Successor | Charles Frederick |
Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | |
Ring | 1809–1815 |
Predecessor | New creation frae personal union |
Successor | Raised tae grand duchy |
Duke o Saxe-Weimar | |
Reing | 1758–1809 |
Predecessor | Ernst August II |
Successor | Union with Saxe-Eisenach |
Regent | Dowager Duchess Anna Amalia |
Duke o Saxe-Eisenach | |
Ring | 1758–1809 |
Predecessor | Ernest Augustus II |
Successor | Union with Saxe-Weimar |
Regent | Dowager Duchess Anna Amalia |
Born | 3 September 1757 Weimar, Duchy o Saxe-Weimar, Haly Roman Empire (now in Thuringia, Germany) |
Dee'd | 14 Juin 1828 Graditz, near Torgau, Province Saxony, Kinrick o Proushie (now in Saxony, Germany) | (aged 70)
Spouse | Luise o Hesse-Darmstadt (m. 1775) |
Issue | |
Hoose | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
Faither | Ernst August II, Duke o Saxe-Weimar an Saxe-Eisenach |
Mither | Duchess Anna Amalia o Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
Releegion | Lutheranism |
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