Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
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| Anthem: Weimars Volkslied | |||||
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| Capital | Weimar | ||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||
| Grand Duke | |||||
| - 1809-1828 | Charles Augustus | ||||
| - 1901-1918 | William Ernest | ||||
| History | |||||
| - Established | 1809 | ||||
| - Elevation to Grand Duchy | 1815 | ||||
| - Disestablished | 1918 | ||||
| - Merged into Thuringia | 1920 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - 1905 | 3,617 km2 1,397 sq mi |
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| Population | |||||
| - 1905 est. | 388,000 | ||||
| Density | 107.3 /km² 277.8 /sq mi |
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The Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Herzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) was created in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach, which had been in personal union since 1741, when the Saxe-Eisenach line had died out. It became a Grand Duchy in 1815. In 1877, it officially changed its name to the Grand Duchy of Saxony (Großherzogtum Sachsen), but this name was rarely used. The Grand Duchy came to an end in 1918 with the other German monarchies, and the state was merged into the new state of Thuringia two years later.
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach had an area of 3,617 km² and a population of 388,000 (1905). Its capital was Weimar.
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[edit] Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1809-1815
- Carl August (Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach from 1758) 1809-1815
[edit] Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1815-1918
- Carl August 1815-1828
- Carl Friedrich 1828-1853
- Carl Alexander 1853-1901
- Wilhelm Ernst 1901-1918
[edit] Heads of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1918-present
- Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst 1918-1923
- Hereditary Grand Duke Carl August 1923-1988
- Prince Michael 1988-
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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)
States of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1813)
Rank elevated by Napoleon → Kingdoms: Bavaria | Saxony | Württemberg | Grand Duchies: Baden | Hesse
States created → Kingdoms: Westphalia | Grand Duchies: Berg | Frankfurt (until 1810 as Principality of Aschaffenburg) | Würzburg |
Principalities: Leyen | Regensburg (until 1810)
Already existing states → Duchies: Anhalt-Bernburg | Anhalt-Dessau | Anhalt-Köthen | Arenberg | Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Nassau | Oldenburg | Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | Saxe-Hildburghausen | Saxe-Meiningen |
Saxe-Weimar, Saxe-Eisenach (from 1741 personal union, from 1809 state union), Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
Principalities: Hohenzollern-Hechingen | Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | Isenburg-Birstein | Liechtenstein | Lippe-Detmold | Reuss-Ebersdorf | Reuss-Greiz | Reuss-Lobenstein | Reuss-Schleiz | Salm-Kyrburg | Salm-Salm | Schaumburg-Lippe | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Waldeck
Empires: Austria | Kingdoms: Prussia | Bavaria | Saxony | Hanover | Württemberg | Electorates: Hesse-Cassel |
Grand Duchies: Baden | Hesse | Luxembourg | Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Oldenburg | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
Duchies: Anhalt (since 1863) | Anhalt-Bernburg (until 1863) | Anhalt-Dessau (until 1863) | Anhalt-Köthen (until 1847) | Brunswick | Holstein | Lauenburg | Limburg | Nassau | Saxe-Altenburg (since 1826) | Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (became Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1826) | Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (until 1826) | Saxe-Hildburghausen (until 1826) | Saxe-Meiningen | Principalities: Hesse-Homburg | Hohenzollern-Hechingen (until 1850) | Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (until 1850) | Liechtenstein | Lippe | Reuss Junior Line | Reuss Elder Line | Schaumburg-Lippe | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Waldeck and Pyrmont | Free Cities: Frankfurt | Hamburg | Lübeck | Bremen
States of the North German Confederation (1866-1871)Kingdoms: Prussia | Saxony | Grand Duchies: Hesse | Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Oldenburg Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
Duchies: Anhalt | Brunswick | Saxe-Altenburg | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | Saxe-Meiningen |
Principalities: Schaumburg-Lippe | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Lippe | Reuss-Gera | Reuss-Greiz | Waldeck-Pyrmont |
Free Cities: Bremen | Hamburg | Lübeck
Kingdoms: Prussia | Bavaria | Saxony | Württemberg
Grand Duchies: Baden | Hesse | Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Oldenburg Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Duchies: Anhalt | Brunswick | Saxe-Altenburg | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | Saxe-Meiningen
Principalities: Schaumburg-Lippe | Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | Lippe | Reuss-Greiz | Reuss-Schleiz | Waldeck-Pyrmont
Free Cities: Bremen | Hamburg | Lübeck Imperial Province: Alsace-Lorraine other: Colonial possessions
Categories: Former countries in Europe | Former monarchies of Europe | Articles lacking sources from December 2005 | All articles lacking sources | States of the German Empire | States of the German Confederation | Ernestine duchies | House of Wettin | 1809 establishments | Thuringia | Amalgamated placenames
