Saxe-Zeitz

Duchy of Saxe-Zeitz
Herzogtum Sachsen-Zeitz (German)
1657–1718
Saxe-Zeitz territories within the Wettin lands, about 1680
Saxe-Zeitz territories within the Wettin lands,
about 1680
StatusSecundogeniture of Saxony
CapitalZeitz
GovernmentDuchy
Historical eraEarly modern Europe
• Established
1657
• Fell back to Saxony
1718
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Electorate of Saxony
Electorate of Saxony

The Duchy of Saxe-Zeitz (German: Herzogtum Sachsen-Zeitz) was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1656–57 as a secundogeniture of the Electoral Saxon house of House of Wettin. Its capital was Zeitz. The territory fell back to the Wettin electoral line in 1718.