Saxe-Weimar
Former duchy in Thuringia, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saxe-Weimar (German: Sachsen-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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Duchy of Saxe-Weimar | |||||||||
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1572–1809 | |||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire, then State of the Confederation of the Rhine | ||||||||
Capital | Weimar | ||||||||
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Government | Feudal monarchy | ||||||||
Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
• Division of Erfurt | 1572 | ||||||||
1602 | |||||||||
1640 | |||||||||
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1809 | |||||||||
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Today part of | Germany |
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