Saxe-Weissenfels

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Sachsen-Weißenfels
Saxe-Weissenfels
State of the Holy Roman Empire
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1656 – 1746 →
Capital Weißenfels
Government Monarchy
Duke
 - 1656–1680 August
 - 1680–1697 Johann Adolf I
 - 1697–1712 Johann Georg
 - 1712–1736 Christian
 - 1736–1746 Johann Adolf II
History
 - Death of Johann Georg I 8 October 1656
 - End of family line 16 May 1746

Saxe-Weissenfels (German: Sachsen-Weißenfels) was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire from 1656/1657 until 1746. Its capital was Weißenfels. Ruled by a cadet branch of the House of Wettin, the duchy passed to the Electorate of Saxony upon the extinction of the Albertine line.

[edit] Dukes of Saxe-Weissenfels


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