How and why did Duke William form his forces ?
Ultimately , Ernest and Elisabeth Sophie 's sons received the lion 's share of Altenburg inheritance , on basis of Duke John Philip 's testament ( as it was ultimately recognized in law that the Salic Law does not prevent an agnate to will all his possessions to those other agnates of the house he desires to make his heirs , leaving other agnates without ; and if those favored agnates also happened to be the testator 's son - in - law and maternal grandsons , that 's in no way prohibited ) , but a portion ( one fourths of the original Altenburg moiety ) passed to the Saxe - Weimar branch .