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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 ←   ← 1809–1920 → Flag (1897–1920) 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 Eisenach     and Weimar   1809 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)

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 Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Landgrave in Thuringia, Margrave of Meissen, Princely Count of Henneberg, Lord of Blankenhayn, Neustadt and Tautenburg.

[edit] Princes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

[edit] Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1809–1815

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

[edit] Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1815–1918

• Carl August, 1815–28
• Carl Friedrich, 1828–53
• Carl Alexander, 1853–1901
• Wilhelm Ernst, 1901–18

[edit] Heads of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1918–present

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

[edit] See also

• Ernestine duchies

[edit] External links

• Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach genealogy
•  "Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. 
•  "Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911. 

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