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Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena

1638 - 1678

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Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena (Weimar, 14 October 1638 – Jena, 3 May 1678), was duke of Saxe-Jena. He was the seventh child but fourth surviving son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau. Bernhard attended the University of Jena from February 1654 until November 1657. Subsequently, he was pulled into political affairs when his father sent him to Paris in order to strengthen the relations of Ernestine line with the King Louis XIV, hopefully through a marriage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena is the 1,156th most popular nobleman (down from 1,102nd in 2019), the 4,119th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,985th in 2019) and the 257th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena ranks 1,156 out of 1,415. Before him are Mary Eristavi, Matilda of Carinthia, Duke Peter of Oldenburg, Margaret, Marchioness of Namur, Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow. After him are Yasovarman II, Khosrov I of Armenia, Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria, Diego Rodríguez Porcelos, Bertachar, and Ludwig III, Count of Württemberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1638, Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena ranks 23. Before him are Gerrit Berckheyde, Pierre Magnol, Richard Simon, John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen, Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, and Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow.  Among people deceased in 1678, Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena ranks 20. Before him are Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé, Caesar van Everdingen, Otto Marseus van Schrieck, Christoph Bernhard von Galen, and Andrew Marvell. After him is Willem Piso.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena ranks 4,121 out of 7,253. Before him are Joachim Hansen (1930), Murad Wilfried Hofmann (1931), Heinz Strehl (1938), Otto Lehmann (1855), Jean-Marc Barr (1960), and Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow (1638). After him are Friedrich Ludwig Schröder (1744), Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1574), Conrad Moench (1744), Ludwig Goldbrunner (1908), Kurt Ahrens Jr. (1940), and Christian Petzold (1960).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena ranks 257. Before him are Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1506), Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640), Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1866), Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line (1832), Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1564), and Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow (1638). After him are Sibylla of Anhalt (1564), George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1591), Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern (1417), Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1649), Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (1698), and Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg (1767).

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