Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach

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Wilhelm Heinrich
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Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Reign1729–1741
PredecessorJohann Wilhelm
SuccessorErnst August I
Born(1691-11-10)10 November 1691
Oranjewoud
Died26 July 1741(1741-07-26) (aged 49)
Eisenach
Spouse
Anna Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Schwedt
HouseHouse of Wettin
FatherJohann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Mother
ReligionLutheranism

Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (10 November 1691 – 26 July 1741), was a duke of Saxe-Eisenach.

He was born in Oranjewoud, the eldest and only surviving son of Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach and his first wife .

Wilhelm Heinrich first married (daughter George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein) in Idstein on 15 February 1713. This marriage was childless. He married his second wife Anna Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Schwedt in Berlin on 3 June 1723, just eight months after the death of Albertine Juliane. The second marriage was also childless.

Wilhelm Heinrich acceded to the duchy of Saxe-Eisenach in 1729 upon the death of his father and was succeeded by his second cousin, duke Ernst August I of Saxe-Weimar. The personal union between Eisenach and Weimar created by this succession was only nominal until 1809, when the two patrimonies were formally united. He died in Eisenach.

Preceded by
Johann Wilhelm
Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
1729–1741
Succeeded by
Ernst August I
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