Saxe-Weimar

Duchy of Saxe-Weimar Herzogtum Sachsen-Weimar (German)
1572–1809
Flag Coat of arms
Saxe-Weimar, shown within the other Ernestine duchies and      Saxe-Jena, joined to Saxe-Weimar in 1690
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire, then State of the Confederation of the Rhine
Capital	Weimar
Common languages	German Upper Saxon German Thuringian dialect Yiddish
Government	Feudal monarchy
Historical era	Early modern period
• Division of Erfurt	1572
• Split off     Saxe-Altenburg	1602
• Split off      Eisenach and Gotha	1640
• Split off Saxe-Jena,     and Saxe-Eisenach	1672
• United with     Saxe-Eisenach	1741
• Merged to form     Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach	1809
Preceded by Succeeded by Duchy of Saxony (1547–1572) Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Today part of	Germany

Saxe-Weimar (German: Sachsen-Weimar) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia. The chief town and capital was Weimar. The Weimar branch was the most genealogically senior extant branch of the House of Wettin.