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The Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (German: Herzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach) was created in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach, which had been in personal union since 1741, when the Saxe-Eisenach line had died out. It became a Grand Duchy in 1815. In 1877, it officially changed its name to the Grand Duchy of Saxony (German: Großherzogtum Sachsen), but this name was rarely used. The Grand Duchy came to an end in 1918 with the other German monarchies, and the state was merged into the new state of Thuringia two years later.
The full grand ducal style was Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Landgrave in Thuringia, Margrave of Meissen, Princely Count of Henneberg, Lord of Blankenhayn, Neustadt and Tautenburg.
[edit] Princes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
[edit] Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1809–1815
- Carl August, 1809–15; Duke of Saxe-Weimar and of Saxe-Eisenach from 1758
[edit] Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1815–1918
[edit] Heads of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1918–present
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"Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
