Saxe-Gotha
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Saxe-Gotha (German Sachsen-Gotha) was a historical state in today's Thuringia, Germany. It was created in 1640 for Duke Ernest I and ended in 1680 when his lands were divided after his death in 1675. The area around Gotha passed to Ernest's eldest surviving son, Frederick of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, who also inherited Altenburg (which Ernest had inherited through his wife) and became Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
Dukes of Saxe-Gotha
- Ernest I "the Pious" (1640–1675) (also Duke of Saxe-Altenburg from 1672)
- Divided into Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Römhild, Saxe-Eisenberg, Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Saxe-Saalfeld in 1680
When the house of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg became extinct in 1825, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was split. Saxe-Gotha passed to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld who in turn gave Saalfeld to Saxe-Meiningen. The Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen received Saxe-Altenburg, and gave the district of Hildburghausen to Saxe-Meiningen.
After the abolition of German monarchies at the end of the First World War it became a part of the newly created state of Thuringia in 1920.
[edit] References
- Saxe-Gotha, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, Columbia University Press (2001-2005) - accessed January 27, 2007
[edit] See also
Saxe-Weimar (1572 to 1806) • Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach (1572 to 1596) • Saxe-Coburg (1596 to 1633; 1681 to 1699) • Saxe-Eisenach (1596 to 1638; 1640 to 1644; 1672 to 1806) • Saxe-Altenburg (1603 to 1672; 1826 to 1918) • Saxe-Gotha (1640 to 1680) • Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1681 to 1826) • Saxe-Marksuhl (1662 to 1672) • Saxe-Jena (1672 to 1690) • Saxe-Eisenberg (1680 to 1707) • Saxe-Hildburghausen (1680 to 1826) • Saxe-Römhild (1680 to 1710) • Saxe-Saalfeld (1680 to 1735) • Saxe-Meiningen (1681 to 1918) • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1735 to 1826) • Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1806 to 1918) • Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1826 to 1918)
