Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin | DisamKB

Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin

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German princely line dynastic branch noble house

The Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin is a major German princely line that ruled various Thuringian and Saxon duchies and gave rise to several European royal dynasties.

Aliases (3)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German princely line → dynastic branch → noble house →
continent	Europe →
countryOfOrigin	Holy Roman Empire →
foundedBy	Ernest, Elector of Saxony →
gaveRiseTo	Belgian royal family → British royal family (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line) → Bulgarian royal family → Portuguese royal family (House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) →
hasAncestralTerritory	Saxony NERFINISHED → Thuringia NERFINISHED →
hasCadetBranch	House of Saxe-Altenburg → House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → House of Saxe-Eisenach → House of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg → House of Saxe-Hildburghausen → House of Saxe-Jena → House of Saxe-Meiningen → House of Saxe-Saalfeld → House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach →
hasMember	Albert, Prince Consort → Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → Ernest, Elector of Saxony → Ferdinand I of Bulgaria → Ferdinand II of Portugal NERFINISHED → Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar NERFINISHED → John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony → John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar NERFINISHED → John, Elector of Saxony → Leopold I of Belgium → Leopold II of Belgium → Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha →
historicalRole	former rulers of parts of Saxony → ruling house of various Thuringian duchies →
languageOfAdministration	German →
namedAfter	Ernest, Elector of Saxony →
notableFor	providing consorts and monarchs to multiple European thrones →
originatesFrom	Electorate of Saxony →
partOf	House of Wettin →
religion	Lutheranism →
ruledTerritory	Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg NERFINISHED → Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach NERFINISHED → Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg NERFINISHED → Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen NERFINISHED → Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen NERFINISHED → Duchy of Saxe-Weimar NERFINISHED →
splitEvent	Division of the Wettin lands →
splitFrom	Albertine branch of the House of Wettin →
timePeriod	Late Middle Ages to early 20th century →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach ("Ernestine line of the House of Wettin") →	branchOf
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha →	cadetBranchOf
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ("arms of the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin") →	coatOfArms
House of Wettin ("Ernestine line") →	hasBranch
Electorate of Saxony ("Ernestine line of the House of Wettin") →	rulingHouse
House of Wettin ("Ernestine line") →	splitIntoBranches