Saxe-Gotha

Also known as Sachsen-Gotha

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

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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.