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with regard to the appanages of his younger sons; he refused to recognise the principalities and collateral lines of his cousins. This brought some difficulties to Johann Adolf after he recognised a threat from the
Saxonian Electorate to his own territories. The conflict could only be settled with
148:. Johann Adolf, who saw his inheritance reduced by his father, protested. After his father's death, Johann Adolf turned to the elector of Brandenburg to obtain a declaration of nullity for the sales contract that relinquished Rosenberg. In April 1681 it was sold for 60.000 Taler to the Elector
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97:, who had already served under the late duke. Johann Adolf also discovered the musical talent of the son of his court surgeon Georg Händel and encouraged him to let the young
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and only made by contract; the completion of the marriage in the presence of a clergyman was left to his discretion. Johann Adolf give her 6,000 Taler as
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347:Morganatic and Unequal Marriages in German Law
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279:Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
196:on 25 October 1671, Johann Adolf married
26:Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.
32:Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
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230:Stillborn son (Halle, 24 July 1678).
240:Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
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309:References
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