Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (German)
1735–1826
Saxony-Saalfeld (around 1680)
Saxony-Saalfeld (around 1680)
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, shown among the other Ernestine duchies
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, shown among the other Ernestine duchies
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
State of the Confederation of the Rhine
State of the German Confederation
Capital
GovernmentDuchy
Duke 
• 1735–1745
Christian Ernest II (first)
• 1806–1826
Ernest III (last)
Historical eraEarly Modern
• Division of Erfurt
1572
• Coburg and Saalfeld
    united

6 August 1735
• Renamed on Imperial decision of Ernestine succession


1735
• Lost Saalfeld,
    gained Gotha,
    renamed

11 February 1826
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Saxe-Coburg
Saxe-Saalfeld
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Meiningen

Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (German: Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld) was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty. Established in 1699, the Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield line lasted until the reshuffle of the Ernestine territories that occurred following the extinction of the Saxe-Gotha line in 1825,[1] in which the Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld line received Gotha, but lost Saalfeld to Saxe-Meiningen.

  1. ^ (in German) Harold Sandner, Das Haus von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha 1826 bis 2001 [The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1826 to 2001], with a preface from Andreas, the Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Coburg: Neue Presse GmbH, 2004). ISBN 3-00-008525-4, page 32