Duchy of Saxe-Gotha Herzogtum Sachsen-Gotha
1553 – 1572 1640 – 1680
Thuringia, showing the combined territory of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg, before it was again divided (1672 – 80)
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire
Capital	Gotha
Government	Principality
Historical era	Middle Ages
•	1553 1553
• Split into Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Eisenach	1572
• Split from Saxe-Weimar	1640
•	1680
Preceded by Succeeded by Saxe-Thuringia Saxe-Weimar Saxe-Coburg Saxe-Eisenach Saxe-Eisenburg Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Saxe-Hildburghausen Saxe-Meiningen Saxe-Römhild Saxe-Saalfeld

Saxe-Gotha (German: Sachsen-Gotha) was a state in today's Thuringia, Germany.

It was created in 1640 for Duke Ernest I and ended in 1680 when his lands were divided after his death in 1675. The area around Gotha passed to Ernest's eldest surviving son, Frederick of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, who also inherited Altenburg (which Ernest had inherited through his wife Elisabeth Sophie) and became Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. view more...