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Portrait of Siegbert Count von Heister
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"Adolphus, Joh. Adolphi. P. M. Fil. Duc. Saxon. de Weissenfels. &c.\nOmina non audet genitrix tam magna fateri, successusque suos arcani conscia \nvoti Spe trepidante tegit.\nP. Schenk fec. et exc. Amst. \nClaudian. laud. Seren. cum Privitt. ord. Hott. et West-Fris.\"\n\nJohann Adolf II. Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (b. 4 September 1685 in Weißenfels; † 16 May 1746 in Leipzig) succeeded his two deceased brothers on the throne on 28 June 1736 as Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels as well as Prince of Saxe-Querfurt. \Since all his descendants died in infancy, he remained the last duke of the Saxe-Weissenfels line and the principality reverted to Electoral Saxony after his death.
Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Title: Portrait of Siegbert Count von Heister
Description:
"Adolphus, Joh.
Adolphi.
P.
M.
Fil.
Duc.
Saxon.
de Weissenfels.
&c.
\nOmina non audet genitrix tam magna fateri, successusque suos arcani conscia \nvoti Spe trepidante tegit.
\nP.
Schenk fec.
et exc.
Amst.
\nClaudian.
laud.
Seren.
cum Privitt.
ord.
Hott.
et West-Fris.
\"\n\nJohann Adolf II.
Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (b.
4 September 1685 in Weißenfels; † 16 May 1746 in Leipzig) succeeded his two deceased brothers on the throne on 28 June 1736 as Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels as well as Prince of Saxe-Querfurt.
\Since all his descendants died in infancy, he remained the last duke of the Saxe-Weissenfels line and the principality reverted to Electoral Saxony after his death.
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