Saxe-Eisenberg

Duchy of Saxe-Eisenberg
Herzogtum Sachsen-Eisenberg
State of the Holy Roman Empire
1680–1707
Coat of arms
Capital Eisenberg, Thuringia
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
   Partitioned from
    Saxe-Gotha
1680
   Extinction of line 1707
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Saxe-Gotha
Saxe-Hildburghausen

The Duchy of Saxe-Eisenberg was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty.

History

Established in 1680 for Christian, fifth son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, the Duchy consisted of Eisenberg and the towns of Ronneburg, Roda and Camburg. Upon his death in April 1707, as he had no male heirs, the lands were passed to Saxe-Hildburghausen.[1][2]

Dukes of Saxe-Eisenberg

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