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Duchy of Saxe-Merseburg Herzogtum Sachsen-Merseburg (German) | |||||||||
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| 1657–1738 | |||||||||
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 Merseburg of 1650 | |||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire Secundogeniture of Saxony | ||||||||
| Capital | Merseburg | ||||||||
| Government | Duchy | ||||||||
| Duke | |||||||||
• 1657–1691 | Christian I | ||||||||
• 1691–1694 | Christian II | ||||||||
• 1694 | Christian III Maurice | ||||||||
• 1604–1731 | Maurice Wilhelm | ||||||||
• 1731–1738 | Heinrich | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern Europe | ||||||||
• Death of Elector John George I | 1656 | ||||||||
• Split off from Saxony | 1657 | ||||||||
• Fell back to Saxony | 1738 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Germany | ||||||||
The Duchy of Saxe-Merseburg was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire, with Merseburg as its capital. It existed from 1656 or 1657 to 1738 and was owned by an Albertine secundogeniture of the Saxon House of Wettin.