Saxe-Eisenach
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Saxe-Eisenach () was an Ernestine duchy ruled by the Saxon House of Wettin. The state intermittently existed at three different times in the Thuringian region of the Holy Roman Empire. The chief town and capital of all three duchies was Eisenach.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach
- Country.common_name
- Saxe-Eisenach
- Country.era
- Middle Ages
- Country.status
- Vassal
- Country.status_text
- State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806),State of the Confederation of the Rhine
- Country.empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Country.government_type
- Principality
- Country.year_start
- 1596
- Country.year_end
- 1809
- Country.life_span
- 1596–16381640–16441662–1809
- Country.event_pre
- Division of Erfurt
- Country.date_pre
- 1572
- Country.event_start
- Partitioned fromS.-Coburg-Eisenach
- Country.event1
- Split betweenSaxe-Weimarand Saxe-Altenburg
- Country.date_event1
- 1638
- Country.event2
- Partitioned fromSaxe-Weimar
- Country.date_event2
- 1640
- Country.event3
- Split betweenSaxe-Gothaand Saxe-Weimar
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- inception
- 1596-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1809-01-01
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9 sectionsContents
- History
- Ernestine duchies
- Duchies of Saxe-Eisenach
- Dukes of Saxe-Eisenach
- First creation
- Second creation
- Third creation
- Personal union with Saxe-Weimar
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Saxe-Eisenach () was an Ernestine duchy ruled by the Saxon House of Wettin. The state intermittently existed at three different times in the Thuringian region of the Holy Roman Empire. The chief town and capital of all three duchies was Eisenach.
==History== In the 15th century, much of what is now the German state of Thuringia, including the area around Eisenach, was in the hands of the Wettin dynasty, since 1423 Prince-electors of Saxony. In 1485, the Wettin lands were divided according to the Treaty of Leipzig, with most of the Thuringian lands going to Elector Ernest of Saxony and his descendants. The Ernestine Wettins also retained the title of Elector. However, when Ernest's grandson John Frederick the Magnanimous revolted against Emperor Charles V during the Schmalkaldic War, he was defeated at the 1547 Battle of Mühlberg and deprived of the electorate in favour of his Wettin cousin Maurice. According to the Capitulation of Wittenberg he was only allowed to retain the lands in Thuringia.