Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach Herzogtum Sachsen-Eisenach (German) | |||||||||
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1596–1638 1640–1644 1662–1809 | |||||||||
![]() Saxony-Eisenach around 1680 (without the county of Sayn-Altenkirchen) | |||||||||
![]() Saxe-Eisenach from 1672, shown amongst the other 18th-century Ernestine duchies in Thuringia | |||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806), State of the Confederation of the Rhine | ||||||||
Capital | Eisenach | ||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Division of Erfurt | 1572 | ||||||||
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Saxe-Eisenach (German: Sachsen-Eisenach) was an Ernestine duchy ruled by the Saxon House of Wettin. The state intermittently existed at three different times in the Thuringian region of the Holy Roman Empire. The chief town and capital of all three duchies was Eisenach.
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