|
Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Herzogtum Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1672–1825 | |||||||||||||
 Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, shown within the other Ernestine duchies, 1826 | |||||||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire, State of the Confederation of the Rhine, State of the German Confederation | ||||||||||||
| Government | Principality | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||||
• | 1672 1672 | ||||||||||||
• | 1825 1825 | ||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (German: Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg) was a country in what is today Thuringia, Germany.
It was formed in 1672 when Frederick Wilhelm III, the last duke of Saxe-Altenburg died and Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (who had married Frederick Wilhelm's cousin, Elisabeth Sophie) inherited his possessions.
The duchy was split up again after Ernest’s death in 1675, and the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg officially came into existence in 1680 when his eldest son, Frederick, took control of the parts of the country Gotha and Altenburg.
 |
|
