Saxe-Weimar
Also known as Duchy of Saxe-Weimar
Saxe-Weimar () was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia. The chief town and capital was Weimar. The Weimar branch was the most genealogically senior extant branch of the House of Wettin.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Duchy of Saxe-Weimar
- Country.common_name
- Saxe-Weimar
- Country.era
- Early modern period
- Country.status
- Vassal
- Country.status_text
- State of the Holy Roman Empire, then State of the Confederation of the Rhine
- Country.empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Country.government_type
- Feudal monarchy
- Country.year_start
- 1572
- Country.year_end
- 1809
- Country.event_start
- Division of Erfurt
- Country.event1
- Split offSaxe-Altenburg
- Country.date_event1
- 1602
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10 sectionsContents
- History
- Division of Leipzig
- Division of Erfurt
- Thirty Years' War
- Weimar Classicism
- Dukes of Saxe-Weimar
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Saxe-Weimar () was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia. The chief town and capital was Weimar. The Weimar branch was the most genealogically senior extant branch of the House of Wettin.
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