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Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
Also known as Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Meiningen ( ; ) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin, located in the southwest of the present-day German state of Thuringia.
Key facts
- Former Country.conventional_long_name
- Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen (1680–1918)Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen
- Former Country.common_name
- Saxe-Meiningen
- Former Country.era
- Early modern period
- Former Country.status
- Vassal
- Former Country.empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Former Country.status_text
- State of the Holy Roman Empire, (1680-1806) State of the Confederation of the Rhine, (1806-1813) State of the German Confederation, (1815-1866) State of the North German Confederation, (1867-1871) Constituent state of the German Empire (1871-1918)
- Former Country.year_start
- 1680
- Former Country.year_end
- 1918
- Former Country.p1
- Saxe-Gotha
- Former Country.flag_p1
- Coat of arms of Saxony.svg
- Former Country.border_p1
- no
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8 sectionsContents
- History
- House of Wettin
- Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
- End of the Duchy
- Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen
- See also
- References
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Saxe-Meiningen ( ; ) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin, located in the southwest of the present-day German state of Thuringia.
Established in 1681, by partition of the Ernestine Duchy of Saxe-Gotha among the seven sons of deceased Duke Ernest the Pious, the Saxe-Meiningen line of the House of Wettin lasted until the end of the German monarchies in 1918.
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