Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen Herzogtum Sachsen-Hildburghausen (German) | |||||||||||
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| 1680–1826 | |||||||||||
.svg) Saxony-Hildburghausen (around 1680) | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Heldburg (to 1684) Hildburghausen (from 1684) | ||||||||||
| Government | Duchy | ||||||||||
| Duke | |||||||||||
• 1680–1715 | Ernest (first) | ||||||||||
• 1780–1826 | Frederick (last) | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha | 1680 | ||||||||||
| 1702 | |||||||||||
• Passed to Saxe-Meiningen | 1826 | ||||||||||
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Saxe-Hildburghausen (German: Sachsen-Hildburghausen) was an Ernestine duchy and Imperial Estate of the Holy Roman Empire in the southern side of the present State of Thuringia in Germany. It existed from 1680 to 1826 but its name and borders are currently used by the District of Hildburghausen.
