Duchy of Saxe-Jena

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The Duchy of Saxe-Jena was a small Ernestine Saxon state in early modern Germany, centered on the town of Jena and ruled by a branch of the Wettin dynasty.

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Duchy of Saxe-Jena canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ernestine duchy
duchy
former state
borderedBy other Ernestine Saxon duchies
branchOf Ernestine line of the House of Wettin
capital Jena
coexistedWith Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
Duchy of Saxe-Coburg
linked to: Saxe-Coburg

Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach
Duchy of Saxe-Gotha
linked to: Saxe-Gotha

Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
Duchy of Saxe-Weimar
continent Europe
country Holy Roman Empire
currency Gulden
dateDissolved 1690
dateEstablished 1672
dynasty House of Wettin
endTime 1690
era Early modern period
firstRuler Bernhard of Saxe-Jena
followedBy Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach
Duchy of Saxe-Weimar
governmentType duchy
monarchy
hasCapital Jena
historicalRegion Central Germany
house Wettin dynasty
linked to: House of Wettin
language German
lastRuler Johann Wilhelm of Saxe-Jena
locatedIn Germany
Thuringia
mergedInto Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach
Duchy of Saxe-Weimar
namedAfter Jena
partOf Holy Roman Empire
precededBy Duchy of Saxe-Weimar
reasonForDissolution extinction of ruling line
religion Lutheranism
ruler Bernhard of Saxe-Jena
Johann Wilhelm of Saxe-Jena
sovereignty immediate fief of the Holy Roman Emperor
startTime 1672
status imperial state of the Holy Roman Empire
subdivisionOf Electorate of Saxony (historical Wettin lands)
typeOfState territorial principality

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Ernestine duchies hasPart Duchy of Saxe-Jena
House of Saxe-Jena ruled Duchy of Saxe-Jena