Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

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The Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach were the hereditary rulers of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in central Germany, a prominent German ducal house particularly noted for their patronage of culture and the arts during the Weimar Classicism era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dynastic title ⓘ
hereditary monarchy ⓘ
noble house ⓘ
associatedWith German Enlightenment ⓘ
German Romanticism ⓘ
Weimar Classicism ⓘ
capital Weimar ⓘ
coatOfArms Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
country German Confederation ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
North German Confederation ⓘ
culturalCenter Weimar ⓘ
dynasty Ernestine line of the House of Wettin ⓘ
endDate 1918 ⓘ
endedBy German Revolution of 1918–1919 ⓘ
firstHolder Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
heldTitle Duke of Saxe-Eisenach ⓘ
Duke of Saxe-Weimar ⓘ
houseSeat Weimar City Castle ⓘ
linked to: Weimar Castle
knownFor intellectual court life ⓘ
relatively liberal constitution in the 19th century ⓘ
language German ⓘ
lastHolder William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
locatedIn central Germany ⓘ
memberOf House of Wettin ⓘ
nobleRank Grand Duke ⓘ
notableFor patronage of culture ⓘ
support of Weimar Classicism ⓘ
partOf German states ⓘ
patronOf Friedrich Schiller ⓘ
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
Weimar Court Theatre ⓘ
linked to: Weimarer Hoftheater

music ⓘ
visual arts ⓘ
politicalStatus federal prince of the German Empire ⓘ
predecessorTitle Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
region Thuringia ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
startDate 1815 ⓘ
style Grand Duke ⓘ
succeededBy Free State of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
successionLaw agnatic primogeniture ⓘ
territory Saxe-Eisenach ⓘ
Saxe-Weimar ⓘ
titleCreatedAt Congress of Vienna ⓘ
titleCreatedBy elevation of the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach to a grand duchy ⓘ

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Fürstengruft, Weimar → burialPlaceOf → Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
Weimar Schlosskirche → usedBy → Dukes of Saxe-Weimar ⓘ
linked to: Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach → predecessorTitle → Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ⓘ
linked to: Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach