Conventional Long Name: | Duchy of Saxe-Jena |
Common Name: | Saxe-Jena |
Era: | Middle Ages |
Status: | Vassal |
Empire: | Holy Roman Empire |
Government Type: | Principality |
Year Start: | 1672 |
Year End: | 1690 |
Event Start: | Partitioned from Saxe-Weimar |
Event End: | Ducal line extinct; restored to Saxe-Weimar |
P1: | Saxe-Weimar |
Flag P1: | Großherzogin Sachsen-Weimar.svg |
S1: | Saxe-Weimar |
Flag S1: | Großherzogin Sachsen-Weimar.svg |
Image Map Caption: | Saxe-Jena, shown with the other Ernestine duchies |
Capital: | Jena |
The Duchy of Saxe-Jena was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty. Established in 1672 for Bernhard, fourth son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Saxe-Jena was reincorporated into Saxe-Weimar on the extinction of Bernhard's line in 1690.
Reincorporated into Saxe-Weimar