place_of_birth johann adolf ii
Count ( ___MASK1___ ) or countess ( female ) is a title in European countries for a noble of varying status , but historically deemed to convey an approximate rank intermediate between the highest and lowest titles of nobility . The word " count " came into English from the French " comte ", itself from Latin " comes " in its accusative " comitem " meaning  companion , and later  companion of the emperor , delegate of the emperor . The adjective form of the word is "". The British and Irish equivalent is an earl ( whose wife is a " countess ", for lack of an English term ). Alternative names for the " count " rank in the nobility structure are used in other countries , such as " Graf " in Germany and " Hakushaku " during the Japanese Imperial era . ___MASK90___ is the largest city in the federal state ___MASK71___ ___MASK51___ , ___MASK73___ . With a population ___MASK71___ 570 , 087 inhabitants ( 1 , 001 , 220 residents in the larger urban zone ) it is ___MASK73___ ' s tenth ___MASK16___ populous city . ___MASK90___ is located about southwest ___MASK71___ Berlin at the confluence ___MASK71___ the White Elster , Pleisse and Parthe rivers at the southern end ___MASK71___ the North German Plain . A duchy is a country , territory , fief , or domain ruled by a duke or duchess . The term is used almost exclusively in Europe , where in the present day there is no sovereign duchy ( i . e . with the status ___MASK71___ a nation state ) left . The ___MASK11___ ___MASK71___ ___MASK51___ is a landlocked federal state ___MASK71___ ___MASK73___ , bordering the federal states ___MASK71___ Brandenburg , ___MASK51___ Anhalt , ___MASK35___ , and ___MASK7___ , as well as the countries ___MASK71___ Poland ( Lower Silesian and Lubusz Voivodeships ) and the Czech Republic ( Karlovy Vary , Liberec and Ústí nad Labem Regions ). Its capital is Dresden , and its largest city is Leipzig . Saxe - Weissenfels was a duchy ___MASK71___ the Holy ___MASK68___ from 1656 / 7 until 1746 with its residence at ___MASK78___ . Ruled by a cadet branch ___MASK71___ the Albertine House ___MASK71___ Wettin , the duchy passed to the Electorate ___MASK71___ Saxony upon the extinction ___MASK71___ the line . ___MASK21___ is a small town and a former municipality in the Saalekreis district of Saxony - Anhalt , ___MASK73___ , situated on the River Saale north of Halle . Since 1 January 2011 , it is part of the town ___MASK32___ - ___MASK21___ . It is known for ___MASK21___ Castle , the ancestral seat of the House of ___MASK21___ , ruling dynasty of Saxony and Poland . ___MASK21___ sights include the Tower of ___MASK70___ , the town hall , and the castle ( used as the Burggymnasium ). Johann Adolf II , Duke ___MASK71___ Saxe - Weissenfels ( Weissenfels , 4 September 1685 -- Leipzig , 16 May 1746 ) , was the last duke ___MASK71___ Saxe - Weissenfels - Querfurt and a member ___MASK71___ the House ___MASK71___ ___MASK21___ . He was also a commander in the Saxon army . Johann Adolf was the youngest ___MASK71___ the eleven children ___MASK71___ Johann Adolf I , Duke ___MASK71___ Saxe - Weissenfels , and Johanna Magdalena ___MASK71___ Saxe - Altenburg . His mother died five months after his birth , on 22 January 1686 . The larger urban zone ( ___MASK91___ ), or Functional Urban Area ( FUA ), is a measure of the population and expanse of metropolitan areas in Europe . It consists of a city and its commuting zone . ___MASK78___ ( often written in English as Weissenfels ) is the largest town of the Burgenlandkreis district , in southern Saxony - Anhalt , Germany . It is situated on the river Saale , approximately south of Halle . The prince - electors ( or simply electors ) ___MASK71___ the Holy ___MASK68___ ((), pl . " Kurfürsten ", ) were the members ___MASK71___ the electoral college ___MASK71___ the Holy ___MASK68___ . The ___MASK41___ Eastern March was a march ___MASK71___ the Holy ___MASK68___ from the 10th until the 12th century . The term " eastern march " or " ___MASK37___ " comes from the Latin term " marchia Orientalis " and originally could refer to either a march created on the eastern frontier ___MASK71___ the Duchy ___MASK71___ Saxony or another on the eastern border ___MASK71___ the Duchy ___MASK71___ ___MASK7___ : the Bavarian Eastern March , corresponding to later Austria . The North ___MASK92___ Plain or Northern Lowland is one ___MASK71___ the major geographical regions ___MASK71___ ___MASK73___ . It is the ___MASK92___ part ___MASK71___ the North European Plain . The region is bounded by the coasts ___MASK71___ the North Sea and Baltic Sea to the north and ___MASK73___ ' s Central Uplands (" die Mittelgebirge ") to the south . ___MASK73___ , officially the Federal ___MASK29___ of ___MASK73___ , is a federal parliamentary ___MASK29___ in central - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK73___ is the most populous member state of the European Union . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK73___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include ___MASK52___ , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . ___MASK10___ is the capital and the largest city ___MASK71___ ___MASK73___ as well as one ___MASK71___ its constituent 16 states . With a population ___MASK71___ approximately 3 . 5 million people , ___MASK10___ is the second ___MASK16___ populous city proper and the seventh ___MASK16___ populous urban area in the European Union . Located in northeastern ___MASK73___ on the ___MASK72___ ___MASK71___ rivers Spree and Havel , it is the centre ___MASK71___ the ___MASK10___ - Brandenburg Metropolitan Region , which has about 6 million residents from more than 180 nations . Due to its location in the European Plain , ___MASK10___ is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate . Around one - third ___MASK71___ the city ' s area is composed ___MASK71___ forests , parks , gardens , rivers and lakes . The White Elster is a long river in ___MASK58___ Europe , right tributary ___MASK71___ the Saale . Its source is in the westernmost part ___MASK71___ the Czech ___MASK29___ , near ___MASK39___ . After a few kilometres , it flows into eastern Germany . In Germany , it flows through the states ___MASK71___ Saxony , ___MASK35___ and Saxony - Anhalt . The White Elster flows through the cities ___MASK71___ ___MASK100___ , Greiz , ___MASK54___ , Zeitz , Pegau and Leipzig . It flows into the river Saale in Halle . The House ___MASK71___ ___MASK21___ is a dynasty ___MASK71___ German counts , dukes , prince - electors and kings that once ruled territories in the present - day German states ___MASK71___ Saxony and ___MASK35___ . The dynasty is one ___MASK71___ the oldest in Europe , and its origins can be traced back to the town ___MASK71___ ___MASK21___ , Saxony - Anhalt . The Wettins gradually rose to power within the Holy Roman Empire . Members ___MASK71___ the family became the rulers ___MASK71___ several medieval states , starting with the Saxon Eastern March in 1030 . Other states they gained were ___MASK57___ in 1089 , ___MASK35___ in 1263 , and Saxony in 1423 . The Parthe is a river in ___MASK51___ , ___MASK73___ , right tributary of the White Elster . Its total length is 60 km . The Parthe originates in northern ___MASK51___ , between ___MASK99___ and Bad Lausick . It flows northwest through Parthenstein , ___MASK18___ , Borsdorf and Taucha before entering the city of Leipzig . The Parthe joins the White Elster in northwestern Leipzig . ___MASK57___ ( in German orthography : " Meißen ") is a town of approximately 30 , 000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony , in eastern Germany . ___MASK57___ is the home of ___MASK57___ porcelain , the Albrechtsburg castle , the Gothic ___MASK57___ Cathedral and the ___MASK57___ Frauenkirche . The " Große Kreisstadt " is the capital of the ___MASK57___ district . A duke ( ___MASK1___ ) ( British English : or American English : ) or duchess ( female ) can either be a monarch ruling over a duchy or a member of the nobility , historically of highest rank below the monarch . The title comes from French " duc ", itself from the Latin " dux ", ' leader ', a term used in republican Rome to refer to a military commander without an official rank ( particularly one of Germanic or Celtic origin ), and later coming to mean the leading military commander of a province . The ___MASK11___ ___MASK71___ ___MASK35___ is a federal state in central Germany . It has an area ___MASK71___ and 2 . 29 million inhabitants , making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population ___MASK71___ Germany ' s sixteen states . Most ___MASK71___ ___MASK35___ is within the watershed ___MASK71___ the Saale , a left tributary ___MASK71___ the Elbe . The capital is . The Electorate ___MASK71___ ___MASK51___ ( also '), sometimes referred to as Upper ___MASK51___ , was a State ___MASK71___ the Holy ___MASK68___ established when Emperor Charles IV raised the Ascanian duchy ___MASK71___ Saxe - Wittenberg to the status ___MASK71___ an Electorate by the ___MASK40___ Bull ___MASK71___ 1356 . Upon the extinction ___MASK71___ the House ___MASK71___ Ascania , it was enfeoffed to the Margraves ___MASK71___ ___MASK57___ from the Wettin dynasty in 1423 , who moved the residence up the Elbe river to Dresden . After the Empire ' s dissolution in 1806 , the Wettin electors raised ___MASK51___ to a kingdom . The Holy ___MASK68___ was a multi - ethnic complex ___MASK71___ territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 . The largest territory ___MASK71___ the empire after 962 was the Kingdom ___MASK71___ ___MASK73___ , though it also came to include the Kingdom ___MASK71___ Bohemia , the Kingdom ___MASK71___ Burgundy , the ___MASK97___ , and numerous other territories .