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In naming the castle Friedenstein (literally "peace-rock"), Ernst made a point of drawing a clear line between this new palace and the warlike history of its predecessor. In addition, with the Thirty Years War still ongoing, the name also expressed a desire for peace after decades of warfare.
Reopening in 2013, it is housed in a 19th-century Neo-Renaissance building owned by the city, whilst the museum itself and its collections are managed by the Friedenstein Castle Foundation Gotha (Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha), founded in 2004. Martin Eberle has been the Foundation's director since 2007.
The Castle Museum contains the former ducal living rooms and several items of cultural history. The Ducal Museum opposite to the castle hosts the ducal collection of art, containing Egyptian antiques, Renaissance Old Masters paintings, Chinese and Meissen porcelaine and more.
Garden front of Friedrichstein Palace by Alexander Duncker around 1860 Friedrichstein Palace by Alexander Duncker around 1860 Design by Jean de Bodt. Friedrichstein Palace (German: Schloss Friedrichstein was a baroque palace near Königsberg, East Prussia.
Friedenstein Castle, Gotha. In 1640 the sons of the late Ernestine duke John II of Saxe-Weimar divided their paternal heritage (Ernestinische Teilung) whereby Duke Ernest the Pious, a younger son, received the newly established Duchy of Saxe-Gotha. In 1636 Ernest had married Elisabeth Sophie, the only child of Duke John Philip of Saxe-Altenburg.
Freudenstein Castle (German: Schloss Freudenstein) is located on the Schloßplatz [1] ("Castle Square") on the edge of the town centre of Freiberg in the German state of Saxony. Its history is closely linked to the House of Wettin .
Augustus was born on 23 November 1772 in Gotha, the second son of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen.In 1779, the death of his older brother Ernst made him heir to the duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
On 15 October 1691 at Friedenstein Castle in Gotha, Louis Frederick I married Princess Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, the daughter of Duke Frederick I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. They had 13 children: Frederick Anton (1692-1744), Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, married: Princess Sophia Wilhelmina of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1690-1727)