Duchy of Saxony (1547–1572)
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| Form of rule | Absolute Monarchy |
| Ruler / government | duke
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| Reichskreis | Upper Saxon Imperial Circle |
| Capitals / residences | Gotha , Weimar |
| Dynasties | House Wettin ( Ernestine Line ) |
| Denomination / Religions | Lutheran |
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The Duchy of Saxony was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire , which existed between 1547 and 1572 and was ruled by the Ernestines . Weimar was the capital of the Duchy, also known as the Ernestine State .
history
The duchy came into being after the Wittenberg surrender , which ended the Schmalkaldic War . From this, the Albertines emerged as winners and the Ernestines as losers, which is why the electoral dignity passed from the Ernestines to the Albertines. In addition, the Ernestines had to hand over all possessions east of the White Elster to the Albertines (including areas near Wittenberg , Torgau , Altenburg and Zwickau ). In 1553 the offices of Coburg , Sonneberg , Hildburghausen , Königsberg , Veilsdorf and Schalkau came to the Duchy of Saxony. In 1554 the Ernestines got the offices of Altenburg , Eisenberg , Sachsenburg and Herbesleben (excluding Tennstedt ), the cities of Auma , Neustadt , Pößneck and Triptis as well as the ownership of the dissolved monasteries Volkenroda and Oldisleben back from the Albertines ( Naumburg Treaty ). In 1567 the Neustädter Kreis was ceded to the Albertines.
1572 the Duchy of Saxony was in Erfurt division divided into the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar and the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach whose territories scattered in today's Thuringia and were North francs. From these two states 16 Ernestine duchies emerged through further inheritance divisions , four of which existed until 1918 and were united with Reuss younger line , Reuss older line and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen / Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt to the state of Thuringia .
Dukes of Saxony
- Johann Friedrich I (the Magnanimous) (1547–1554)
- Johann Friedrich II. (The middle) (1554–1566)
- Johann Wilhelm I (1566–1572)
literature
- Jürgen John : Sources on the history of Thuringia . State Center for Political Education, Erfurt 1997, ISBN 3-931426-14-9