Marriages and issue
In Altenburg on 25 October 1671, Johann Adolf married Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg. They had eleven children:
Magdalene Sibylle (b. Halle, 3 September 1673 – d. Eisenach, 28 November 1726), married on 28 July 1708 to Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach.
August Frederick (b. Halle, 15 September 1674 – d. Halle, 16 August 1675) died in infancy.
Johann Adolf (b. Halle, 7 June 1676 – d. Halle 18 June 1676) died in infancy.
Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (b. Halle, 13 July 1677 – d. Weissenfels, 16 March 1712).
Stillborn son (Halle, 24 July 1678).
Johanna Wilhelmine (b. Halle, 20 January 1680 – d. Halle, 4 July 1730) died unmarried and without issue.
Frederick Wilhelm (b. Weissenfels, 18 January 1681 – d. Weissenfels, 20 November 1681) died in infancy.
Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (b. Weissenfels, 23 February 1682 – d. Sangerhausen, 28 June 1736).
Anna Marie (b. Weissenfels, 17 June 1683 – d. Sorau, 16 March 1731), married on 16 June 1705 to Count Erdmann II of Promnitz.
Sophie (b. Weissenfels, 2 August 1684 – d. Rosswald, Silesia, 6 May 1752), married first on 16 October 1699 to Georg Wilhelm, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and secondly on 14 July 1734 to Joseph Albert, Count of Hoditz und Wolframitz.
Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (b. Weissenfels, 4 September 1685 – d. Leipzig, 16 May 1746).
After the death of his wife in 1686, Johann Adolf married a second time in Querfurt on 3 February 1692 to Christiane Wilhelmine of Bünau. This marriage was morganatic and only made by contract; the completion of the marriage in the presence of a clergyman was left to his discretion. Johann Adolf give her 6,000 Taler as Morgengabe and an annual income of 3,000 Taler and the use of Schloss Dahme for her residence as dower. He admonished his sons to show her due respect, and should any children come from this marriage he would make further divisions over the family lands. After five years of marriage, Christiane Wilhelmine was created Imperial Countess (Reichgräfin) in 1697 at the request of her husband. They had no children.
