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Saxe-Weimar

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.

Duchy of Saxe-Weimar
Herzogtum Sachsen-Weimar (German)

State of the Holy Roman Empire, then
State of the Confederation of the Rhine

Weimar

Feudal monarchy

Early modern period

1572

 
1602

 
1640

 
1672

1741

 
1809

Germany

History[edit]

Division of Leipzig[edit]

In the late 15th century much of what is now Thuringia, including the area around Weimar, was held by the Wettin Electors of Saxony. According to the 1485 Treaty of Leipzig, the Wettin lands had been divided between Elector Ernest of Saxony and his younger brother Albert III, with the western lands in Thuringia together with the electoral dignity going to the Ernestine branch of the family.[1]

(1554–73)

Johann Wilhelm

Frederick William I

Johann II

Johann Ernest I

Wilhelm

(1662–83), son of Wilhelm

Johann Ernest II

(1683–1728), son of Johann Ernest II

Wilhelm Ernest

(1683–1707), son of Johann Ernest II

Johann Ernest III

(1707–48), son of Johann Ernest III

Ernest August I

(1748–58), son of Ernest August I

Ernest August II

(1758–1809), son of Ernest August II

Karl August

Merged with Saxe-Eisenach to form Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Ernestine duchies

History of Saxony

People from Saxe-Weimar

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, Columbia University Press (2001–2005), accessed December 22, 2005

Saxe-Weimar

German genealogies

(in French)

Genealogy of Dukes of Saxe-Weimar