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) |
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| 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 |
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Anthem Weimars Volkslied |
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.svg) Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach within the German Empire
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 Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, shown within the Ernestine duchies
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| Capital | Weimar | |||||||||||
| Government |
Grand duchy (1815–1918) Republic (1918–20) |
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| 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 |
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| • | 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) | |||||||||||
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| Today part of |
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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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