Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Herzogtum Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg (German) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1672–1826 | |||||||||||||||
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Territories of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg within the Ernestine duchies of Thuringia, before 1826 | |||||||||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire, State of the Confederation of the Rhine, State of the German Confederation | ||||||||||||||
| Capital | Gotha | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Duchy | ||||||||||||||
| Duke | |||||||||||||||
• 1680–1691 | Frederick I (first) | ||||||||||||||
• 1822–1825 | Frederick IV (last) | ||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern Europe | ||||||||||||||
| 1672 | |||||||||||||||
• Duchy established | 1672 | ||||||||||||||
• Partitioned between Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Saxe-Hildburghausen | 1826 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||
| 1800 | 3,007 km2 (1,161 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||||
• 1800 | 187,000 | ||||||||||||||
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Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (German: Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg) was a duchy ruled by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in today's Thuringia, Germany. The extinction of the line in 1825 led to a major re-organisation of the Thuringian states.