Saxe-Weimar
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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
- Country.event2
- Split off Eisenach and Gotha
- Country.date_event2
- 1640
- Country.event3
- Split off Saxe-Jena,and Saxe-Eisenach
- Country.date_event3
- 1672
- Country.event4
- United withSaxe-Eisenach
- Country.date_event4
- 1741
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Confederation of the Rhine
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Weimar
- Form of government
- feudal monarchy
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- replaced by
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- inception
- 1572-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1809-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Saxe-Weimar
- executive body
- House of Wettin
- native label
- Herzogtum Sachsen-Weimar
- member of
- Holy Roman Empire
- time period
- early modern period
- P8168
- Auronzo di Cadore
- Commons category
- Saxe-Weimar
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
== History ==
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