Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg

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Christian
Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg
Reign	1675–1707
Predecessor	New Creation
Successor	Disputed
Born	(1653-01-06)6 January 1653 Gotha
Died	28 April 1707(1707-04-28) (aged 54) Eisenberg
Spouse	Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt
Issue	Christiane, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg
House	House of Wettin
Father	Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg
Mother	Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg

Christian of Saxe-Eisenberg (6 January 1653 – 28 April 1707) was a duke of Saxe-Eisenberg.

He was born in Gotha, the eighth, but fifth surviving, son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg.

Christian had traveled far in his youth and was interested early in History and Art. After the death of his father in 1675, he governed together with his brothers over Saxe-Gotha. He made Eisenberg his residence, where in 1677 he built the Schloss Christiansburg. After the divisionary treaty of the duchy in 1680, Christian retained Eisenberg and the towns of Ronneburg, Roda and Camburg. During his last years he was very interested in alchemy.

He died in Eisenberg, with considerable debts, and, like his brothers Albrecht of Saxe-Coburg and Heinrich of Saxe-Römhild, without sons. His lands were disputed between his remaining brothers and their descendants in the "Coburg-Eisenberg-Römhild inheritance dispute", which took until 1735 to be resolved.