Marriage and Children
In Weimar on 26 May 1555 John Frederick II married his first wife Agnes of Hesse, Dowager Electress of Saxony. Six months later she suffered a miscarriage and died, on 4 November 1555.
In Weimar on 12 June 1558 John Frederick II married his second wife Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim, daughter of the later (1559) Frederick III, Elector Palatine. They had four sons:
- John Frederick (b. Weimar, 30 November 1559 – d. Weimar, 8 August 1560)
- Frederick Henry (b. Heldburg, 3 February 1563 – d. Eisenberg, 4 August 1572)
- John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (b. Gotha, 12 June 1564 – d. Coburg, 16 July 1633)
- John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (b. Gotha, 9 July 1566 – d. Eisenach, 23 October 1638)
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