Saxony Duchies
The Saxony Duchies were a changing number of small states in the present state of Thuringia in Germany. It was ruled by the Ernestine line of the house of Wettin.
In the 15th century, Saxony was split up, the electoral dignity went to the main line of the House of Wettin, the Ernestine line. The reason for the partition was, because the law of Saxon said that, all sons sould inherit, thus had all sons of the Saxon duke a entitlemented to the duchy of Saxon. The reason for the partition was, because the law of Saxon said that, all sons sould inherit, thus had all sons of the Saxon duke a entitlemented to the duchy of Saxon. The Duchy of Saxon was ruled sometimes by the brothers togehter and sometimes they divided it up between them.
Their empire consisted of half Sachsen-Wittenberg and the landgraviate of Thuringia. The Ernestine territory would be divided into several small duchies through a series of partitions branches of the Ernestine line until there were not less than ten different Ernestine duchies.
In 1825 the five rulers of the Ernestine duchies were:
- Saxe-Weimar
- Saxe-Eisenach
- Saxe-Coburg
- Saxe-Gotha
- Saxe-Altenburg
All of the Ernestine Duchies ended with the abolition of the monarchy and princely states in Germany shortly after the end of World War I. After that, the created togehter the German state Thüringia, which still exist today.
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