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The Duchy of Saxe-Jena was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty. Established in 1672 for Bernhard, fourth son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Saxe-Jena was reincorporated into Saxe-Weimar on the extinction of Bernhard's line in 1690.

Key facts

Country.conventional_long_name
Duchy of Saxe-Jena
Country.common_name
Saxe-Jena
Country.era
Middle Ages
Country.status
Vassal
Country.empire
Holy Roman Empire
Country.government_type
Principality
Country.year_start
1672
Country.year_end
1690
Country.event_start
Partitioned from    Saxe-Weimar
Country.event_end
Ducal line extinct;    restored to Saxe-Weimar
Country.p1
Saxe-Weimar
Country.s1
Saxe-Weimar
Country.image_map
Locator Duchy of Saxe-Jena (1680).svg
Country.image_map_caption
Saxe-Jena, shown with the other Ernestine duchies
Country.capital
Jena

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The Duchy of Saxe-Jena was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty. Established in 1672 for Bernhard, fourth son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Saxe-Jena was reincorporated into Saxe-Weimar on the extinction of Bernhard's line in 1690.

==Dukes of Saxe-Jena== Bernhard II (1672–1678) Johann Wilhelm (1678–1690) Reincorporated into Saxe-Weimar.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saxe-Jena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.