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Herzogtum Sachsen-Altenburg
Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg |
State of the Holy Roman Empire,
State of the German Confederation,
State of the North German Confederation,
State of the German Empire,
State of the Weimar Republic |
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| Flag |
Coat of arms |
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Anthem
Heil unserm Herzog, heil
(Hail to our Duke, hail!) |
Saxe-Altenburg within the German Empire
Ernestine duchies after 1825, showing Saxe-Altenburg in orange |
| Capital |
Altenburg |
| Government |
Principality |
| Duke |
| - 1603–13 |
Christian II, Elector of Saxony (regent for John Philip) |
| - 1669–72 |
John George II, Elector of Saxony (regent for Frederick William III) |
| - 1826–34 |
Frederick |
| - 1908–18 |
Ernst II |
| History |
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| - Saxe-Weimar partitioned |
July 7, 1602 |
- Personal union with
Saxe-Gotha |
1672–1825 |
- Ernestine duchies
rearranged, duchy restored |
November 12, 1826 |
| - German Revolution |
November 1918 |
| - Merger of Thuringia‡ |
1920 |
| Area |
| - 1905 |
1,323 km² (511 sq mi) |
| Population |
| - 1905 est. |
207,000 |
| Density |
156.5 /km² (405.2 /sq mi) |
* See Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
† As Free State of Saxe-Altenburg
‡ In 1920, the ex-Imperial states of Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and the two principalities of Reuß all merged to form the free state of Thuringia. |
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Saxe-Altenburg (German: Sachsen-Altenburg) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty.[1] Altenburg was its own state, with a vote in the diet, for much of the 17th century until the extinction of its ruling line in 1672, when it was inherited by the Duke of Saxe-Gotha, who married the heiress. It remained part of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg until the extinction of that house in 1825 , when Gotha and Altenburg were split up, with Gotha going to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Altenburg to the Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, who in exchange gave up Hildburghausen to the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. This family ruled in the duchy until the end of the monarchies in 1918. Saxe-Altenburg was incorporated into the new state of Thuringia in 1920.
Saxe-Altenburg had an area of 1,323 km² and a population of 207,000 (1905). Its capital was Altenburg.
The Saxe-Altenburg line became extinct following the death of Prince George Moritz in 1991.
[edit] Dukes of Saxe-Altenburg
[edit] Heads of the Ducal House of Saxe-Altenburg, post monarchy
In 1991 the Saxe-Altenburg line became extinct.
Two branches descend from duke Ernest the Pious, the father of the progenitor of this Saxe-Altenburg branch: Saxe-Meiningen and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; according to old Wettin family law, they would have divided the actual territories between them (as happened to Gotha and Altenburg in 1826).
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