Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

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The Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach were the hereditary rulers of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in central Germany, a prominent German ducal house particularly noted for their patronage of culture and the arts during the Weimar Classicism era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dynastic title
hereditary monarchy
noble house
associatedWith German Enlightenment NERFINISHED
German Romanticism NERFINISHED
Weimar Classicism NERFINISHED
capital Weimar NERFINISHED
coatOfArms Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach NERFINISHED
country German Confederation NERFINISHED
German Empire
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach NERFINISHED
North German Confederation NERFINISHED
culturalCenter Weimar NERFINISHED
dynasty Ernestine line of the House of Wettin NERFINISHED
endDate 1918
endedBy German Revolution of 1918–1919 NERFINISHED
firstHolder Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach NERFINISHED
governmentForm constitutional monarchy
heldTitle Duke of Saxe-Eisenach NERFINISHED
Duke of Saxe-Weimar NERFINISHED
houseSeat Weimar City Castle NERFINISHED
knownFor intellectual court life
relatively liberal constitution in the 19th century
language German
lastHolder William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach NERFINISHED
locatedIn central Germany
memberOf House of Wettin NERFINISHED
nobleRank Grand Duke
notableFor patronage of culture
support of Weimar Classicism
partOf German states
patronOf Friedrich Schiller NERFINISHED
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe NERFINISHED
Weimar Court Theatre NERFINISHED
music
visual arts
politicalStatus federal prince of the German Empire
predecessorTitle Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach NERFINISHED
region Thuringia NERFINISHED
religion Lutheranism
startDate 1815
style Grand Duke
succeededBy Free State of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach NERFINISHED
successionLaw agnatic primogeniture
territory Saxe-Eisenach NERFINISHED
Saxe-Weimar NERFINISHED
titleCreatedAt Congress of Vienna NERFINISHED
titleCreatedBy elevation of the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach to a grand duchy

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Fürstengruft, Weimar burialPlaceOf Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Weimar Schlosskirche (court chapel) usedBy Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
subject surface form: Weimar Schlosskirche
this entity surface form: Dukes of Saxe-Weimar