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Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
Herzogtum Sachsen-Altenburg
1602 – 1672
1672 – 1825*
1826 – 1918
1918 – 1920†
Flag of Saxe-Altenburg
Anthem: 
Saxe-Altenburg within the German Empire   Ernestine duchies after 1825, showing Saxe-Altenburg in orange
Saxe-Altenburg within the German Empire
 
Ernestine-map.png
Ernestine duchies after 1825, showing Saxe-Altenburg in orange
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire,
State of the German Confederation,
State of the North German Confederation,
State of the German Empire,
State of the Weimar Republic
CapitalAltenburg
GovernmentPrincipality
Duke 
• 1603 – 13
Christian II, Elector of Saxony (regent for John Philip)
• 1669 – 72
John George II, Elector of Saxony (regent for Frederick William III)
• 1826 – 34
Frederick
• 1908 – 18
Ernst II
History 
• 
July 7, 1602 1602
• Personal union with
    Saxe-Gotha
 
1672 – 1825
• Ernestine duchies
    rearranged, duchy restored
 
November 12, 1826
• 
November 1918 1918
• Merger of Thuringia
1920
Area
1905Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value).
Population
• 1905
207000
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Image missingSaxe-Weimar
Thuringia
* See Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
† As Free State of Saxe-Altenburg
‡ In 1920, the ex-Imperial states of Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and the two principalities of Reuß all merged to form the free state of Thuringia.
Altenburg Castle

Saxe-Altenburg (German: Sachsen-Altenburg) was one of the Ernestine duchies of the House of Wettin.Altenburg was independent for most of the 1600s until 1672. This is when the last male ruler died. Because only men could rule the Ernestine duchies Altenburg began to be ruled by the Duke of Saxe-Gotha, who had married the last ruler’s daughter.

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