Saxe-Jena

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Herzogtum Sachsen-Jena
Duchy of Saxe-Jena
State of the Holy Roman Empire
← Saxe-Weimar
 1672 – 1690 Saxe-Weimar →
Location of Saxe-Jena
Saxe-Jena, shown with the other Ernestine duchies
Capital Jena
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
 - Partitioned from
    Saxe-Weimar		  
1672
 - Ducal line extinct;
    restored to Saxe-Weimar		  
1690

The Duchy of Saxe-Jena was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty. Established in 1672 for Bernhard, fourth son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Saxe-Jena was reincorporated into Saxe-Weimar on the extinction of Bernhard's line in 1690.

[edit] Dukes of Saxe-Jena

Reincorporated into Saxe-Weimar

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Ernestine duchies after the Division of Erfurt (1572)

Saxe-Weimar (1572–1806) • Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach (1572–1596) • Saxe-Coburg (1596–1633; 1681–1699) • Saxe-Eisenach (1596–1638; 1640–1644; 1672–1806) • Saxe-Altenburg (1603–1672; 1826–1918) • Saxe-Gotha (1640–1680) • Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1681–1826) • Saxe-Marksuhl (1662–1672) • Saxe-Jena (1672–1690) • Saxe-Eisenberg (1680–1707) • Saxe-Hildburghausen (1680–1826) • Saxe-Römhild (1680–1710) • Saxe-Saalfeld (1680–1735) • Saxe-Meiningen (1681–1918) • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1735–1826) • Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1806–1918) • Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1826–1918)