Ernestine line

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The Ernestine line is a branch of the Wettin dynasty that historically ruled several Thuringian and Saxon duchies in what is now central Germany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dynastic branch
noble house
continent Europe
country Germany
Holy Roman Empire
dissolutionEvent German Revolution of 1918–1919
hasAncestralHouse House of Wettin
hasBranch Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Eisenach
Saxe-Gotha
Saxe-Hildburghausen
Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Römhild
Saxe-Saalfeld
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
historicalStatus mediatized German princely house
houseSeat Altenburg
Coburg
Eisenach
Gotha
Hildburghausen
Meiningen
Römhild
Saalfeld
Schwarzburg
Weimar
lostSovereignty 1918
namedAfter Ernest, Elector of Saxony
notableMember Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom
Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
Ferdinand II of Portugal
Johann Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
Leopold I of Belgium
Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
originatesFrom Electorate of Saxony
partOf House of Wettin
politicalSystem duchy
producedConsort British royal family
producedRoyalHouse Belgian royal family
Bulgarian royal family
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Portuguese royal family (Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
region Saxony
Thuringia
central Germany
religion Lutheranism
ruled Saxon duchies
Thuringian duchies
linked to: Duchy of Thuringia
separatedFrom Albertine line
splitOf House of Wettin
startTime 15th century

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