Saxe-Weimar was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia. The chief town and capital was Weimar. The Weimar branch was the most genealogically senior extant branch of the House of Wettin.

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Country: Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine
Inception: 1572

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Country: Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine
Inception: 1572