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House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

(Grand) Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1809–1903)
(Groß-)herzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
Grand Duchy of Saxony (1903–1918)
Großherzogtum Sachsen
Free State of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1918–20)
Freistaat Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
State of the Confederation of the Rhine
State of the German Confederation
Federal State of the North German Confederation
Federal State of the German Empire
Federal State of the Weimar Republic
1809–1920
Flag (1897–1920) Coat of arms
Anthem
Weimars Volkslied
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach within the German Empire
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, shown within the Ernestine duchies
Capital Weimar
Government Grand duchy (1815–1918)
Republic (1918–20)
Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
 •  1809–1828 Charles Augustus (first)
 •  1901–1918 William Ernest (last)
Historical era Middle Ages
 •  Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Weimar held in personal union  
1741
 •  Merger of Eisenach and Weimar 1809
 •  Raised to grand duchy 1815
 •  German Revolution 1918
 •  Joined Thuringia 1920
Area
 •  1905 3,617 km² (1,397 sq mi)
Population
 •  1905 est. 388,000 
     Density 107.3 /km²  (277.8 /sq mi)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Saxe-Weimar Saxe-Weimar
Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach Saxe-Eisenach
Thuringia
Today part of  Germany

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (German: Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) was created as a duchy in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach. It was raised to a Grand duchy in 1815 by resolution of the Vienna Congress. In 1903, it officially changed its name to the Grand Duchy of Saxony (German: Großherzogtum Sachsen), but this name was rarely used. The Grand Duchy came to an end in the German Revolution of 1918–19 with the other monarchies of the German Empire. It was succeeded by the Free State of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, which was merged into the new state of Thuringia two years later.

The full grand ducal style was Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Landgrave in Thuringia, Margrave of Meissen, Princely Count of Henneberg, Lord of Blankenhayn, Neustadt and Tautenburg.

The Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach branch is the most genealogically senior extant branch of the House of Wettin.


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