Duchy of Saxe-Gotha Herzogtum Sachsen-Gotha (German) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1640–1680 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||
Capital | Gotha | ||||||||||||||||||||
Government | Principality | ||||||||||||||||||||
Historical era | Early modern Europe | ||||||||||||||||||||
1640 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1644 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1672 | |||||||||||||||||||||
• Partitioned in seven | 1680 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Saxe-Gotha (German: Sachsen-Gotha) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in the former Landgraviate of Thuringia. The ducal residence was erected at Gotha.