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Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (b. Dresden, 28 March 1619 - d. Moritzburg, 4 December 1681), was a duke of Saxe-Zeitz and member of the House of Wettin.
He was the seventh (sixth in order of birth) but fourth and youngest surviving son of Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony and his second wife Magdalene Sybille of Prussia.
Life
Together with his brothers, Maurice was educated in the Hofe (Electoral Official Residence) in Dresden. Among his teachers, the Field Marshall Kurt of Einsiedel took an outstanding role. From August 1642 until September 1645 Maurice, as well as his brother Christian took a Grand Tour by the Northern Germany and the Netherlands.
On 1645, shortly after his return to home, Maurice was selected by the Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen as member to the Fruitbearing Society.
On 1650 he was appointed Bailiwick of Thuringia by the Teutonic Knights. He selected as chancellor and Konsistorialpraesidenten the notorious state scientist and theologian Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff. As Hofprediger was chosen the dramatist Johann Sebastian Mitternacht.
The Elector Johann Georg I, in his will (20 July 1652) ordered the division of the albertine territory, which was carried out on 22 April 1657 in Dresden. Maurice inherited the town of Zeitz, became his first duke.