Saxe-Gotha
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Saxe-Gotha () was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in the former Landgraviate of Thuringia. The ducal residence was erected at Gotha.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Duchy of Saxe-Gotha
- Country.common_name
- Saxe-Gotha
- Country.era
- Early modern Europe
- Country.status
- Vassal
- Country.empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Country.government_type
- Principality
- Country.year_start
- 1640
- Country.year_end
- 1680
- Country.event_start
- Partitioned fromSaxe-Weimar
- Country.event1
- Acquired half ofSaxe-Eisenach
- Country.date_event1
- 1644
- Country.event2
- Acquired major partof Saxe-Altenburg
- Country.date_event2
- 1672
- Country.event_end
- Partitioned in seven
- Country.p1
- Saxe-Weimar
- Country.s1
- Saxe-Coburg
- Country.s2
- Saxe-Eisenberg
- Country.s3
- Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
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- inception
- 1640-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1680-01-01
- P8168
- CLE
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Saxe-Gotha () was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in the former Landgraviate of Thuringia. The ducal residence was erected at Gotha.
==History== thumb|left|Gotha: Schloss Friedenstein The duchy was established in 1640, when Duke Wilhelm von Saxe-Weimar created a subdivision for his younger brother Ernest I the Pious. Duke Ernest took his residence at Gotha, where he had Schloss Friedenstein built between 1643 and 1654. At the same time, the Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach was created for the third brother Albert IV.