Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

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Großherzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

State of the Confederation of the Rhine,
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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1809 – 1920

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Flag (1813–1897)	Coat of arms

Anthem
Weimars Volkslied

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach within the German Empire

Capital

Weimar

Government

Principality

Grand Duke

- 1809–28

Charles Augustus

- 1901–18

William Ernest

Historical era

Middle Ages

- Eisenach and Weimar
in personal union

1741

- Merger of Saxe-Eisenach
and Saxe-Weimar

1809

- Raised to grand duchy

1815

- German Revolution

1918

- Joined Thuringia

1920

Area

- 1905

3,617 km² (1,397 sq mi)

Population

- 1905 est.

388,000

Density

107.3 /km² (277.8 /sq mi)

Flag (1897–1920)

The Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (German: 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 (German: 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.

The full grand ducal style was Grand Duke of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach, Landgrave in Thuringia, Margrave of Meißen, Princely Count of Henneberg, Lord of Blankenhayn, Neustadt and Tautenburg.

1 Princes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

Carl August, 1809–15; Duke of Saxe-Weimar and of Saxe-Eisenach from 1758

Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst, 1918–23
Hereditary Grand Duke Carl August, 1923–88
Prince Michael, 1988–present

Ernestine duchies

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Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach genealogy

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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)

v • d • e States of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–13)
Rank elevated by Napoleon	Kingdoms: Bavaria \| Saxony \| Württemberg Grand Duchies: Baden \| Hesse
States created	Kingdoms: Westphalia Grand Duchies: Berg \| Frankfurt‡ \| Würzburg Principalities: Aschaffenburg† \| Leyen \| Regensburg†
Pre-existing states	Duchies: Anhalt: Bernburg, Dessau, Köthen \| Arenberg \| Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Strelitz \| Nassau \| Oldenburg \| Saxony: Coburg-Saalfeld, Gotha-Altenburg, Hildburghausen, Meiningen, Weimar, Eisenach, Weimar-Eisenach Principalities:** Hohenzollern: Hechingen, Sigmaringen \| Isenburg-Birstein \| Liechtenstein \| Lippe-Detmold \| Reuß: Ebersdorf, Greiz, Lobenstein, Schleiz \| Salm: Kyrburg, Salm \| Schaumburg-Lippe \| Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen \| Waldeck
* until 1809 ** from 1809 † until 1810 ‡ from 1810

v • d • e States of the German Confederation (1815–66)
Empires	Austria
Kingdoms	Prussia \| Bavaria \| Saxony \| Hanover \| Württemberg
Electorates	Hesse
Grand Duchies	Baden \| Hesse \| Luxembourg \| Mecklenburg-Schwerin \| Mecklenburg-Strelitz \| Oldenburg \| Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Duchies	Anhalt: Bernburg¹, Dessau¹, Köthen² \| Brunswick \| Holstein \| Limburg \| Nassau \| Saxony: Altenburg³, Coburg-Saalfeld⁴, Coburg-Gotha³, Gotha-Altenburg⁴, Hildburghausen⁴, Lauenburg, Meiningen
Principalities	Hesse-Homburg \| Hohenzollern: Hechingen⁵, Sigmaringen⁵ \| Liechtenstein \| Lippe \| Reuß: Elder, Junior \| Schaumburg-Lippe \| Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen \| Waldeck and Pyrmont
City-states	Bremen \| Frankfurt \| Hamburg \| Lübeck
1: Merged to Anhalt from 1863; 2: until 1847; 3: from 1826; 4: until 1826; 5: until 1850

v • d • e States of the North German Confederation (1866–71)
Kingdoms	Prussia \| Saxony
Grand Duchies	Hesse \| Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Strelitz \| Oldenburg \| Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Duchies	Anhalt \| Brunswick \| Saxony: Altenburg, Coburg and Gotha, Meiningen
Principalities	Schaumburg-Lippe \| Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen \| Lippe \| Reuss: Elder, Junior \| Waldeck-Pyrmont
City-states	Bremen \| Hamburg \| Lübeck

v • d • e States of the German Empire (1871–1918)
Kingdoms	Prussia \| Bavaria \| Saxony \| Württemberg
Grand Duchies	Baden \| Hesse \| Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Strelitz \| Oldenburg \| Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Duchies	Anhalt \| Brunswick \| Saxony: Altenburg, Coburg and Gotha, Meiningen
Principalities	Schaumburg-Lippe \| Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen \| Lippe \| Reuss: Elder, Junior \| Waldeck-Pyrmont
City-states	Bremen \| Hamburg \| Lübeck
Other	Alsace-Lorraine \| Colonial possessions