What is Saxe-Coburg?
{{Infobox Former Country |native_name = ''Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg'' |conventional_long_name = Duchy of Saxe-Coburg |common_name = Saxe-Coburg |era = Middle Ages |status = Vassal |empire = Holy Roman Empire |government_type = Principality | |year_start = 1572 |year_end = 1735 |life_span = 1572 – 1633<br />1680 – 1735 | |event_pre = Division of Erfurt |date_pre = 1572 |event_start = Partitioned from [[Saxe-Gotha]] |date_start = 1572 |event1 = Annexed to [[Saxe-Eisenach]] |date_event1 = 1633 |event2 = Re-partitioned from [[Saxe-Gotha]] |date_event2 = 1680 |event3 = [[Personal union|United]] with [[Saxe-Saalfeld|Saalfeld]] |date_event3 = August 6 1699 |event_end = Duchy [[Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld|renamed]] on [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Imperial]] decision of Ernestine succession |date_end = 1735 | |p1 = Saxe-Gotha |image_p1 = [[File:Sin escudo.svg|20px|Image missing]] |s1 = Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |image_s1 = [[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 = SajoniaCoburg.jpg |image_map_caption = Saxe-Coburg, shown with the other [[Ernestine duchies]] | |capital = Coburg }} '''Saxe-Coburg''' ({{lang-de|Sachsen-Coburg}}) was a country in today's [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. It was part of the Duchy of [[Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach]] after the [[Division of Erfurt]] in 1572. In 1596 Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach was split, Johann Casimir got Saxe-Coburg and Johann Ernst got [[Saxe-Eisenach]]. When Casimir died in 1633, his brother Ernst of Saxe-Eisenach both countries until he died in 1638. Saxe-Coburg was then given to other Ernestine duchies. It became again a duchy in 1681. From 1699, when [[Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg|Albrecht of Saxe-Coburg]] died without sons until 1735 it shared a ruler with the Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld. In 1735 the two duchies were merged as [[Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]]. ==Related pages== * [[Ernestine duchies]] == References == {{reflist}} * [https://web.archive.org/web