Moritz Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (12 March 1664 – 15 November 1718) was a duke of Saxe-Zeitz

Saxe-Zeitz

The Duchy of Saxe-Zeitz was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation from 1656/57 to 1718. Its capital was Zeitz. It was owned by the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.- History :...

 and member of the House of Wettin.

He was born in Moritzburg

Moritzburg

Moritzburg is a municipality in the district of Meißen in Saxony, Germany, between Meißen as early centre of Saxony and the today's capital Dresden. It is most famous for its Baroque castle, Schloss Moritzburg....

, the eldest son of Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz

Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz

Maurice of Saxe-Zeitz was a duke of Saxe-Zeitz and member of the House of Wettin.Born in Dresden, he was the youngest surviving son of Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony, and his second wife Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia....

, and his second wife, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Weimar

Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar , was a duke of Saxe-Weimar.Wilhelm was the fifth son of Johann, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt...

. His father had two sons from his first marriage, but both died in infancy long before his birth.

Life

He succeeded his father as duke of Saxe-Zeitz when he died on 4 December 1681. In 1699 Maurice William gave the towns of Pegau

Pegau

Pegau is a town in the Leipzig district in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, situated in a fertile country, on the Weiße Elster, 18 m. S.W. from Leipzig by the railway to Zeitz....

 and Neustadt

Neustadt bei Coburg

Neustadt bei Coburg is a town in the district of Coburg in northern Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 15 km northeast of Coburg, as its name indicates.-Local sudivisions:...

 to his younger brother Frederick Henry as appanage

Appanage

An apanage or appanage or is the grant of an estate, titles, offices, or other things of value to the younger male children of a sovereign, who would otherwise have no inheritance under the system of primogeniture...

s.

In 1717 the duke converted from Calvinism

Calvinism

Calvinism is a Protestant theological system and an approach to the Christian life...

 to Lutheranism

Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...

 and shifted the seat of his government to Weida

Weida

Weida can refer to the following:*Weida, Thuringia, a town in Thuringia, Germany*Weida , a river in Eastern Thuringia*Weida , a creek in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany*Weida-Land, a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany...

. Later, he made his residence in Osterburg

Osterburg

Osterburg may refer to:* Osterburg , a municipality in the district of Stendal, Germany* Osterburg , a former Osterburg may refer to:* Osterburg (Altmark), a municipality in the district of Stendal, Germany* Osterburg (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft), a former Osterburg may refer to:* Osterburg (Altmark),...

 until his death.

Marriage and issue

In Potsdam

Potsdam

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 on 25 June 1689, Maurice Wilhelm married Marie Amalie of Brandenburg. They had five children:

1. Frederick William (b. Moritzburg, 26 March 1690 - d. Moritzburg, 15 May 1690).
2. Dorothea Wilhelmine
   Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz
   Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz was a duchess of Saxe-Zeitz by birth and by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel.- Life :...
   
    (b. Moritzburg, 20 March 1691 - d. Kassel
   Kassel
   Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
   
   , 17 March 1743), married on 27 September 1717 to Landgrave William VIII of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel).
3. Karoline Amalie (b. Moritzburg, 24 May 1693 - d. Moritzburg, 5 September 1694).
4. Sophie Charlotte (b. Moritzburg, 25 April 1695 - d. Moritzburg, 18 June 1696).
5. Frederick Augustus (b. Moritzburg, 12 August 1700 - d. Halle
   Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
   Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
   
   , 17 February 1710).

He died at Weida

Weida

Weida can refer to the following:*Weida, Thuringia, a town in Thuringia, Germany*Weida , a river in Eastern Thuringia*Weida , a creek in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany*Weida-Land, a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany...

 without surviving male issue. Because his two remaining heirs, his brother Christian August

Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz

Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz , was a German prince of the House of Wettin.Christian August of Saxe-Zeitz was a Teutonic Knight, the Primas of Hungary and finally a cardinal...

 and his cousin Maurice Adolf, were ordained priests, Zeitz was merged back to the Electorate of Saxony.