What is Duchy of Saxe-Gotha?
{{Infobox Former Country |native_name = ''Herzogtum Sachsen-Gotha'' |conventional_long_name = Duchy of Saxe-Gotha |common_name = Saxe-Gotha |region = Central Europe |era = Middle Ages |status = Vassal |empire = Holy Roman Empire |government_type = Principality | |year_start = 1553 |year_end = 1680 |life_span = [[1553]] – [[1572]] <br /> [[1640]] – [[1680]] | |event_start = Split from [[Saxe-Thuringia]] |date_start = [[1553]] |event1 = Split into [[Saxe-Coburg]] and [[Saxe-Eisenach]] |date_event1 =[[1572]] |event2 = Split from [[Saxe-Weimar]] |date_event2 = [[1640]] |event_end = Partitioned in seven |date_end = <!--- Optional: Date of disestablishment ---> | |p1 = Saxe-Thuringia |image_p1 = [[File:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] |p2 = Saxe-Weimar |image_p2 = [[File:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] |s1 = Saxe-Coburg |image_s1 = [[File:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] |s2 = Saxe-Eisenach |image_s2 = [[File:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] |s3 = Saxe-Eisenburg |image_s3 = [[File:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] |s4 = Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |image_s4 = [[File:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] |s5 = Saxe-Hildburghausen |image_s5 = [[File:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] |s6 = Saxe-Meiningen |image_s6 = [[File:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] |s7 = Saxe-Römhild |image_s7 = [[File:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] |s8 = Saxe-Saalfeld |image_s8 = [[File:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] | |image_flag = <!--- Default: Flag of {{{common_name}}}.svg ---> |image_coat = <!--- Default: Coat of arms of {{{common_name}}}.svg ---> | |image_map = SajoniaGotha1.jpg |image_map_caption = Thuringia, showing the combined territory of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg, before it was again divided ([[1672]] – [[1680|80]]) | |capital = [[Gotha (town)|Gotha]] }} '''Saxe-Gotha''' ({{lang-de|Sachsen-Gotha}}) was a state in today's [[Thuringia]], [[Germany]]. It was created in [[1640]] for Duke [[Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha|Ernest I]] and ended in [[1680]] when his lands were divided after his death in [[1675]]. The are