Saxe-Eisenach

Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach
Herzogtum Sachsen-Eisenach (German)
1596–1638
1640–1644
1662–1809
Saxony-Eisenach around 1680 (without the county of Sayn-Altenkirchen)
Saxony-Eisenach around 1680 (without the county of Sayn-Altenkirchen)
  Saxe-Eisenach from 1672, shown amongst the other 18th-century Ernestine duchies in Thuringia
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806),
State of the Confederation of the Rhine
CapitalEisenach
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Division of Erfurt
1572
• Partitioned from
    S.-Coburg-Eisenach
1596
• Split between
    Saxe-Weimar
    and Saxe-Altenburg
 
1638
• Partitioned from
    Saxe-Weimar
1640
• Split between
    Saxe-Gotha
    and Saxe-Weimar
1644
• Partitioned from
    Saxe-Weimar
1662
• Merged to form
    S.-Weimar-Eisenach
1809
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Saxe-Eisenach (German: Sachsen-Eisenach) was an Ernestine duchy ruled by the Saxon House of Wettin. The state intermittently existed at three different times in the Thuringian region of the Holy Roman Empire. The chief town and capital of all three duchies was Eisenach.