Saksonia-Merseburg
The Duchy of Saxe-Merseburg was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire, with Merseburg as its capital. It existed from 1656 or 1657 to 1738 and was owned by an Albertine secundogeniture of the Saxon House of Wettin.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Duchy of Saxe-Merseburg
- Country.common_name
- Saxe-Merseburg
- Country.era
- Early modern Europe
- Country.status
- Vassal
- Country.status_text
- State of the Holy Roman EmpireSecundogeniture of Saxony
- Country.empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Country.government_type
- Duchy
- Country.year_start
- 1657
- Country.year_end
- 1738
- Country.event_pre
- Death of Elector John George I
- Country.date_pre
- 1656
- Country.event_start
- Split off from Saxony
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1657 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire1738 disestablishments in the Holy Roman EmpireFormer states and territories of Saxony-AnhaltGermany articles missing geocoordinate dataHouse of Saxe-MerseburgHouse of WettinMerseburgStates and territories disestablished in the 1730sStates and territories established in 1657