Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar

Prince Johann Ernst
The Red Castle in Weimar where Johann Ernst lived with his brother Duke Ernst August I
Born(1696-12-25)25 December 1696
Weimar
Died1 August 1715(1715-08-01) (aged 18)
Frankfurt
HouseHouse of Wettin
FatherJohann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
MotherCharlotte Dorothea Sophia of Hesse-Homburg

Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar (German: Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar) (25 December 1696 – 1 August 1715) was a German prince, son by his second marriage of Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. Despite his early death he is remembered as a collector and commissioner of music and as a composer, some of whose concertos were arranged for harpsichord or organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, who was court organist in Weimar at the time.