Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach
| Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach | ||||||||||||
| Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg-Eisenach | ||||||||||||
| State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||||
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| Capital | Coburg | |||||||||||
| Government | Principality | |||||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern Europe | |||||||||||
| • | Split off from S-Weimar | 1572 | ||||||||||
| • | Division into S-Coburg and S-Eisenach |
1596 | ||||||||||
| • | S-Coburg fell to S-Eisenach | 1633 | ||||||||||
| • | Divided between S-Weimar and S-Altenburg | 1638 | ||||||||||
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Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach was a duchy within the Holy Roman Empire. It existed during two fairly short periods: 1572-1596 and 1633-1638. Its territory was part of the modern states of Bavaria and Thuringia.
The duchy was created by the Division of Erfurt in 1572 which implemented a decision of the Diet of Speyer in 1570 to separate Coburg and Eisenach from the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar and give them to John Casimir and John Ernest, the two sons of John Frederick II. However, because the two princes were still minors at the time, the country was at first ruled by Elector August of Saxony.
In 1586 the guardianship and regency ended, and John Casimir and John Ernest began to jointly to rule the duchy. John Ernest soon withdrew and returned to his hunting lodge in Marksuhl. In 1590 he formally renounced all of his participation in the government of the duchy for five years. After the end of this period, the two brothers agreed to split the country. John Casimir kept Saxe-Coburg, while John Ernest received Saxe-Eisenach.
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