Saxe-Coburg 752199 221515758 2008-06-24T21:07:29Z Olessi 220894 cat {{Infobox Former Country |native_name = ''Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg'' |conventional_long_name = Duchy of Saxe-Coburg |common_name = Saxe-Coburg | |continent = Europe |region = Central Europe |country = Germany |era = Middle Ages |status = Vassal |empire = Holy Roman Empire |government_type = Principality | |year_start = 1572 |year_end = 1735 |life_span = [[1572]] – [[1633]]<br>[[1680]] – [[1735]] | |event_pre = Division of Erfurt |date_pre = 1572 |event_start = Partitioned from<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Saxe-Gotha]] |date_start = &nbsp;<br>[[1572]] |event1 = Annexed to [[Saxe-Eisenach]] |date_event1 = [[1633]] |event2 = Re-partitioned from<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Saxe-Gotha]] |date_event2 = &nbsp;<br>[[1680]] |event3 = [[Personal union|United]] with [[Saxe-Saalfeld|Saalfeld]] |date_event3 = [[August 6]] [[1699]] |event_end = Duchy [[Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld|renamed]] on<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Imperial]] decision of <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ernestine succession |date_end = &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>[[1735]] | |p1 = Saxe-Gotha |image_p1 = [[Image:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] |s1 = Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |image_s1 = [[Image:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] | |image_flag = <!--- Default: Flag of {{{common_name}}}.svg ---> |image_coat = <!--- Default: Coat of arms of {{{common_name}}}.svg ---> | |image_map = SajoniaCoburg.jpg |image_map_caption = Saxe-Coburg, shown with the other [[Ernestine duchies]] | |capital = Coburg }} {{refimprove|date=May 2007}} '''Saxe-Coburg''' ({{lang-de|Sachsen-Coburg}}) is a historical state in today's [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. It was part of the Duchy of [[Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach]] after the [[Division of Erfurt]] in 1572. In 1596 Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach was split, Johann Casimir got Saxe-Coburg and Johann Ernst got [[Saxe-Eisenach]]. When Casimir died in 1633, his brother Ernst of Saxe-Eisenach ruled in Personal Union over Saxe-Coburg until he died in 1638. Saxe-Coburg was then given to other Ernestine duchies. It became again a duchy in 1681. It remained under this name until 1699, when [[Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg|Albrecht of Saxe-Coburg]] died without sons. His brother [[John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld|Johann Ernst]] of [[Saxe-Saalfeld]] became the new Duke of [[Coburg]] and the duchy was renamed into [[Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]] in 1735. ==See also== * [[Ernestine duchies]] ==References== {{reflist}} * [http://www.btinternet.com/~allan_raymond/Saxe_Coburg_Royal_Family.htm Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Royal Family ] {{Ernestine duchies}} [[Category:1633 disestablishments]] [[Category:1680 establishments]] [[Category:Ernestine duchies|Coburg]] [[Category:House of Wettin]] [[Category:History of Bavaria]] [[Category:History of Thuringia]] [[da:Sachsen-Coburg]] [[de:Sachsen-Coburg]] [[es:Ducado de Sajonia-Coburgo]] [[fr:Saxe-Cobourg]] [[it:Sassonia-Coburgo]] [[nl:Hertogdom Saksen-Coburg]] [[simple:Saxe-Coburg]]