Saxe-Gotha
One of the Saxon duchies of the Wettin dynasty / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saxe-Gotha (German: Sachsen-Gotha) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in the former Landgraviate of Thuringia. The ducal residence was erected at Gotha.
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Duchy of Saxe-Gotha Herzogtum Sachsen-Gotha | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1640–1680 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||
Capital | Gotha | ||||||||||||||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||||||||||||||
Historical era | Early modern Europe | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1644 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1672 | |||||||||||||||||||||
• Partitioned in seven | 1680 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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