Christian II, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

Christian II, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg (b. Merseburg, 19 November 1653 - d. Merseburg, 20 October 1694), was a duke of Saxe-Merseburg and member of the House of Wettin.

He was the second but eldest surviving son of Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg and Christiane of Scheleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg.

The death of his older brother Johann Georg (3 January 1654), make him the new heir of the duchy of Saxe-Merseburg.

Christian succeded his father when he died, on 18 October 1691. He not left large traces in the history of the duchy during the three years of his reign.

In Moritzburg an der Elster on 14 October 1679, Christian married with Erdmuthe Dorothea of Saxe-Zeitz. They had seven children:

1. Christian III Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg (b. Merseburg, 7November 1680 - d. Merseburg, 14 November 1694).
2. Johann Wilhelm (b. Merseburg, 11 October 1681 - d. Merseburg, 29 May 1685).
3. August Frederick (b. Delitzsch, 10 March 1684 - d. Merseburg, 13 August 1685).
4. Philipp Ludwig (b. Merseburg, 3 November 1686 - d. Merseburg, 9 June 1688).
5. Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg (b. Merseburg, 5 February 1688 - d. Merseburg, 21 April 1731).
6. Frederick Erdmann (b. Merseburg, 20 September 1691 - d. Köthen, 2 June 1714), married on 15 February 1714 to Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen. The union lasted only four months and was childless.
7. Christiane Eleonore Dorothea (b. Merseburg, 6 November 1692 - d. Merseburg, 30 March 1693).