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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 .
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (German: Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) was a German state, created as a duchy in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach, which had been in personal union since 1741. It was raised to a grand duchy in 1815 by resolution of the Congress of Vienna.
Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar was the duke of Saxe-Weimar (Sachsen-Weimar), a politically ambitious Protestant general during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48). One of the most successful field commanders of his age, he won a number of important victories over the forces of the Austrian Habsburgs.
In 1553, Saxe-Thuringen itself was divided to form Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Gotha (in their initial guises). The complicated story of divisions and mergers then saw the end of Saxe-Gotha's first phase of existence in 1572, when Saxe-Coburg was restored and Saxe-Eisenach was created.
Saxe-Weimar (săks-vī´mär), Ger. Sachsen-Weimar, former duchy, Thuringia, central Germany. The area passed in the division of 1485 to the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty and remained with that branch after the redivision of the Wettin lands in 1547, when Elector John Frederick I of Saxony was captured by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V ...
Saxe-Weimar (German: Sachsen-Weimar) was a duchy in Thuringia, Germany. The chief town and capital was Weimar.
Saxon duchies, several former states in the Thuringian region of east-central Germany, ruled by members of the Ernestine branch of the house of Wettin between 1485 and 1918; today their territory occupies Thuringia Land (state) and a small portion of northern Bavaria Land in Germany.
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. The Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ( German: Herzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) was created in 1809 when the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach were formally joined into one state. The two duchies had shared the same ruler since 1741, which is when the Saxe-Eisenach line had died out.
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.
Saxe-Weimar săks-vīˈmär [key], Ger. Sachsen-Weimar, former duchy, Thuringia, central Germany. The area passed in the division of 1485 to the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty and remained with that branch after the redivision of the Wettin.
