Saxe-Weimar
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.
Duchy of Saxe-Weimar | |||||||||
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| 1572–1809 | |||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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| 1809 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
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