house of Wettin
{{short description|German noble and royal family}}
{{more footnotes|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox noble house
| surname = House of Wettin
| coat of arms = 190px
| image_size = 110px
| country = Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom
| titles = {{Collapsible list|
Ernestine branch: (see more)
- Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- King of the Belgians
- King of Portugal
- King/Queen of the United Kingdom
- Tsar of Bulgaria
Albertine branch: (see more)
- King of Saxony
- King of Poland
- Grand Duke of Lithuania
- Duke of Warsaw
- Duke of Courland
- Duke of Teschen
- Grand Master of the Teutonic Order}}
| founded = 10th century
| founder = Theodoric I
| current head = Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
| branches = * Ernestine branch
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Saxe-Meiningen
- Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Windsor
- {{nowrap|Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry}}
- Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (extinct)
- Bulgarian Line
- Saxe-Coburg and Braganza
- Belgium
- Albertine branch
- Saxe-Gessaphe
- Saxony
}}
The House of Wettin ({{Langx|de|Haus Wettin}}) was a dynasty which included Saxon kings, prince-electors, dukes, and counts, who once ruled territories in the present-day German federated states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The dynasty is one of the oldest in Europe, and its origins can be traced back to the town of Wettin, Saxony-Anhalt. The Wettins gradually rose to power within the Holy Roman Empire. Members of the family became the rulers of several medieval states, starting with the Saxon Eastern March in 1030. Other states they gained were Meissen in 1089, Thuringia in 1263, and Saxony in 1423. These areas cover large parts of Central Germany as a cultural area of Germany.
The family divided into two ruling branches in 1485 by the Treaty of Leipzig: the Ernestine and Albertine branches. The older Ernestine branch played a key role during the Protestant Reformation. Many ruling monarchs outside Germany were later tied to its cadet branch, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The Albertine branch, while less prominent, ruled most of Saxony and played a part in Polish history.
Agnates of the House of Wettin have, at various times, ascended the thrones of the United Kingdom, Portugal, Bulgaria, Poland-Lithuania, the Electorate of Saxony (later the Kingdom of Saxony), Mexico and Belgium. Only the Belgian line retains their throne today.
Origins: Wettin of Saxony
File:WettinCastleSaale-cropped880w600h.jpg in Saxony-Anhalt]]
The oldest member of the House of Wettin who is known for certain is Theodoric I of Wettin, also known as Dietrich, Thiedericus, and Thierry I of Liesgau (died c. 982). He was most probably based in the Liesgau (located at the western edge of the Harz). Around 1000, the family acquired Wettin Castle, which was originally built by the local Slavic tribes (see Sorbs), after which they named themselves. Wettin Castle is located in Wettin in the Hassegau (or Hosgau) on the Saale River. Around 1030, the Wettin family received the Eastern March as a fief.Lexikon des Mittelalters, vol. IX, col. 50, Munich 1969–1999
The prominence of the Wettins in the Slavic Saxon Eastern March (or Ostmark) caused Emperor Henry IV to invest them with the March of Meissen as a fief in 1089. The family advanced over the course of the Middle Ages: in 1263, they inherited the landgraviate of Thuringia (although without Hesse) and in 1423, they were invested with the Duchy of Saxony, centred at Wittenberg, thus becoming one of the prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire.
== Ernestine and Albertine Wettins ==
{{main|Treaty of Leipzig}}
The family split into two ruling branches in 1485 when the sons of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony divided the territories hitherto ruled jointly. The elder son Ernest, who had succeeded his father as Prince-elector, received the territories assigned to the Elector (Electorate of Saxony) and Thuringia, while his younger brother Albert obtained the March of Meissen, which he ruled from Dresden. As Albert ruled under the title of "Duke of Saxony", his possessions were also known as Ducal Saxony.
File:Ernst Kurfürst von Sachsen, 1441-1486 (AT KHM GG4795).jpg|Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1441–1486)
File:Albrecht der Beherzte, 1443-1500 (AT KHM GG4796).jpg|Albert, Duke of Saxony (1443–1500)
=Ernestines=
The older Ernestine branch remained predominant until 1547 and played an important role in the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation. Frederick III (Friedrich der Weise) appointed Martin Luther (1512) and Philipp Melanchthon (1518) to the University of Wittenberg, which he had established in 1502.{{cite magazine| last = Kellner| first = Stefanie| title = Die freiheitliche Geisteshaltung der Ernestiner prägte Europa| newspaper = Monumente| pages = 9–16| language = de | date = February 2016 | url =http://www.monumente-online.de/de/ausgaben/2016/1/ernestiner-herrscherhaus.php#.VsWv9k32bGg | access-date = 16 February 2016}}
The Ernestine predominance ended in the Schmalkaldic War (1546/7), which pitted the Protestant Schmalkaldic League against the Emperor Charles V. Although itself Lutheran, the Albertine branch rallied to the Emperor's cause. Charles V had promised Moritz the rights to the electorship. After the Battle of Mühlberg, Johann Friedrich der Großmütige, had to cede territory (including Wittenberg) and the electorship to his cousin Moritz. Although imprisoned, Johann Friedrich was able to plan a new university. It was established by his three sons on 19 March 1548 as the Höhere Landesschule at Jena. On 15 August 1557, Emperor Ferdinand I awarded it the status of university.
The Ernestine line was thereafter restricted to Thuringia and its dynastic unity swiftly crumbled, dividing into a number of smaller states, the Ernestine duchies. Nevertheless, with Ernst der Fromme, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601–1675), the house gave rise to an important early-modern ruler who was ahead of his time in supporting the education of his people and in improving administration. In the 18th century, Karl August, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, established what was to become known as Weimar Classicism at his court in Weimar, notably by bringing Johann Wolfgang von Goethe there.
It was only in the 19th century that one of the many Ernestine branches, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, regained importance through marriages as the "stud of Europe", by ascending the thrones of Belgium (in 1831), Portugal (1853–1910), Bulgaria (1908–1946) and the United Kingdom (1901-present, though the relevant marriage had taken place in 1840) and also providing a consort to the future Habsburg Emperor of Mexico (1857).{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carlota | title=Carlota | archduchess of Austria | Britannica | date=3 June 2023 }}
==Residences of Ernestine branches==
File:Schloss Altenburg 02.JPG|Altenburg Castle
File:Schloss Saalfeld.jpg|Saalfeld Castle
File:Schloss Weimar - Panorama.jpg|Schloss Weimar
File:City palace - Stadtschloss - Eisenach - Thuringia - Germany.jpg|Eisenach Palace
File:GER-TH-SM-Meiningen (Schloss Elisabethenburg, Blick von Osten) — 2009 uploaded 2011-09-24.jpg|Elisabethenburg Palace in Meiningen
File:Schloss Hildburghausen.JPG|Hildburghausen Castle
=Albertines=
File:Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Saxony 1806-1918.svg, 1806–1918)]]
The junior Albertine branch maintained most of the territorial integrity of Saxony, preserving it as a significant power in the region, and used small appanage fiefs for its cadet branches, few of which survived for significant lengths of time. The Ernestine Wettins, on the other hand, repeatedly subdivided their territory, creating an intricate patchwork of small duchies and counties in Thuringia.
The Albertine Wettins ruled as Electors (1547–1806) and Kings of Saxony (1806–1918), and also played a role in Polish history – two Wettins were Kings of Poland (between 1697–1763) and a third ruled the Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1814) as a satellite of Napoleon I. After the Napoleonic Wars, the Albertine branch lost about 40% of its lands (the economically less-developed northern parts of the old Electorate of Saxony) to Prussia, restricting it to a territory coextensive with the modern Saxony (see Final Act of the Congress of Vienna Act IV: Treaty between Prussia and Saxony 18 May 1815). Frederick Augustus III lost his throne in the German Revolution of 1918.
The role of current head of the Albertine "House of Saxony" is claimed by his great-grandson Prince Rüdiger of Saxony, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen (born 23 December 1953). However, the headship of Prince Rüdiger is contested by his second cousin, Alexander (born 1954), son of Roberto Afif (later by change of name Mr Gessaphe) and Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, a sister of the childless former head of the Albertines, Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen (died 2012), who had adopted his nephew and granted him the name Prince of Saxony, contrary to the rules of male descent under the Salic Law. Both are however not recognized by the Nobility Archive in Marburg, nor by the Conference of the Formerly Ruling Houses in Germany – Prince Rüdiger because his father Timo was expelled from the House of Wettin, and Prince Alexander because he is not of agnatic noble descent (his father was Roberto Afif from Lebanon). Consequently, the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin is officially treated by the German nobility as extinct in its legal succession-line.
==Residences of the Albertine branch (Electors, later Kings of Saxony) ==
File:DD-Schloss-gp.jpg|Dresden Royal Palace
File:Meißen Burgberg mit Albrechtsburg und Dom.jpg|Meissen (near Dresden)
File:Luftbild Schloss Moritzburg 2014-03-29 1.JPG|Hunting Palace of Moritzburg (near Dresden)
File:Pillnitz-Wasseransicht.jpg|Pillnitz Palace (near Dresden)
File:Schloss Weesenstein (14-2).jpg|Weesenstein Castle (near Dresden)
File:Schloss Freudenstein Freiberg.jpg|Freudenstein Castle at Freiberg
File:Schloss Augustusburg Südseite.jpg|Augustusburg Hunting Lodge (near Chemnitz)
File:Schloss Hubertusburg, Wermsdorf, Sachsen, Deutschland.JPG|Hunting Palace of Hubertusburg (near Leipzig)
The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
{{main|House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha}}
File:Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.svg]]
The senior (Ernestine) branch of the House of Wettin lost the electorship to the Albertine line in 1547, but retained its holdings in Thuringia, dividing the area into a number of smaller states. One of the resulting Ernestine houses, known as Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld until 1826 and as Saxe-Coburg and Gotha after that, went on to contribute kings of Belgium (from 1831) and Bulgaria (1908–1946), as well as furnishing consorts to queens regnant of Portugal (Prince Ferdinand) and the United Kingdom (Prince Albert), and the Emperor of Mexico (Carlota of Mexico){{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carlota | title=Carlota | archduchess of Austria | Britannica | date=3 June 2023 }} Thus, the British and Portuguese thrones became possessions of persons who belonged to the House of Wettin for a time.
From King George I to Queen Victoria, the British Royal family was called the House of Hanover, being a junior branch of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg and thus part of the dynasty of the Guelphs. In the late 19th century, Queen Victoria charged the College of Arms in England to determine the correct personal surname of her late husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha—and, thus, the proper surname of the royal family upon the accession of her son. After extensive research, they concluded that it was Wettin, but this name was never used, either by the Queen or by her son (King Edward VII) or by her grandson (King George V); they were simply Kings of the House of "Saxe-Coburg-Gotha".
Severe anti-German sentiment during World War I (1914-1918) led some influential members of the British public (especially radical Republicans such as H. G. WellsAnne Edwards, Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor (2014), p. 300.) to question the loyalty of the royal family. Advisors to King George V searched for an acceptable surname for the British royal family, but Wettin was rejected as "unsuitably comic"."We can hazard a guess that Wettin and Wipper, if given an English pronunciation, sounded quite as unsuitably comic in the ears of this sailor King in 1917 as they do to us today." Elizabeth Longford, The Royal House of Windsor (1984), p. 21."British courtiers thought it sounded 'unsuitably comic' and the cumbersome 'Saxe-Coburg-Gotha' was invariably used." Barry Jones, Dictionary of World Biography 4th ed. (2017), p. 892."Since the Saxe-Coburg family belonged to the House of Wettin in the District of Wipper, Wettin or Wipper might be more appropriate. Either one could have passed for an English name, but both were considered 'unsuitably comic.'" Anne Edwards, Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor (2014), [https://books.google.com/books?id=m8MhBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT318 p. 302]. An Order in Council legally changed the name of the British royal family to "Windsor" (originally suggested by Lord Stamfordham) in 1917.
= Residences of the Dukes of Coburg and Gotha =
File:Coburg-Veste4.jpg|Veste Coburg, ancestral seat of the House of Saxe-Coburg
File:Coburg-Ehrenburg1.jpg|Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg (summer residence)
File:Gotha Schloss 1900.jpg|Friedenstein Castle, Gotha (winter residence)
File:Reinhardsbrunn Schloss Winter.JPG|Reinhardsbrunn Castle, Gotha
File:CO Schloss Rosenau1.jpg|Rosenau Castle, Coburg
Schloss Callenberg 2.jpg|Callenberg Castle, Coburg
Rulers
==Partitions of the territories under House of Wettin rule==
| align="center" style="border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid black; text-align: center;"
|+ |
| colspan=15 style="background: #fff;" | |
| colspan=1 style="background: #cba;" |March of Lusatia (1st creation)Please note that the March of Lusatia existed consistently from the 11th to the 14th century. Here, the concept of creation indicates the family's grip on the territory. (1034-1123) | colspan=14 style="background: #fff;" |County of Wettin |
| colspan=15 style="background: #fff;" | |
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |
| colspan=1 rowspan=4 style="background: #def;" |County of Brehna | colspan=1 rowspan=3 style="background: #cba;" |March of Lusatia | colspan=11 style="background: #ade;" |March of Meissen |
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |
| colspan=11 style="background: #eee;" |Meissen briefly under immediacy (direct control of the Holy Roman Empire) |
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |
| colspan=11 rowspan=3 style="background: #ade;" | |
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |
| colspan=11 rowspan=2 style="background: #ade;" |March of Meissen |
| colspan=2 style="background: #fff;" | |
| colspan=1 rowspan=2 style="background: #fff;" |(County of Brehna (2nd creation) (1267-1290) | colspan=1 style="background: #cba;" |March of Lusatia | colspan=10 style="background: #ade;"| |
| colspan=1 style="background: #eee;" |Sold to the March of Brandenburg (1303-1347) | colspan=10 style="background: #ade;" | |
| colspan=1 rowspan=40 style="background: #eee;" |Annexed to the Archbishopric of Magdeburg | colspan=1 rowspan=2 style="background: #eee;" |Annexed to the | colspan=11 style="background: #ade;" | |
| colspan=9 style="background: #ade;" |
| colspan=1 style="background: #cba;" |March of Landsberg | colspan=1 rowspan=5 style="background: #bcd;" |Landgraviate of Thuringia |
| colspan=10 style="background: #fff;" |Raised to: Electorate of Saxony (1423-1806) |
| colspan=11 style="background: #fff;" | |
| colspan=5 rowspan=8 style="background: #fff;" |Electorate of Saxony (1423-1806) (Ernestine Line until 1547; Albertine Line since 1547)During the Schmalkaldic War, the Albertine Duke allied with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and the Ernestine Elector opposed him. After the Emperor's victory, he exchanged the dignities (and territories) of both lines, promoting his ally and depromoting his opponent. | colspan=6 style="background: #fff;" |Duchy of Saxony |
| colspan=7 style="background: #fff;" | |
| colspan=2 style="background: #fedf;" |Duchy of Coburg and Eisenach (1st creation) (1554-1566) | colspan=2 style="background: #fde;" |Duchy of Gotha | colspan=3 style="background: #ceb;" |Duchy of Weimar |
| colspan=7 style="background: #ceb;" | |
| colspan=1 rowspan=3 style="background: #fedf;" |Duchy of Coburg and Eisenach (2nd creation) (1572-1638) | colspan=6 style="background: #ceb;" | |
| colspan=5 style="background: #ceb;" |
| colspan=1 rowspan=5 style="background: #dce;" |Duchy of Altenburg |
| colspan=3 style="background: #ceb;" |
| colspan=2 rowspan=3 style="background: #fde;" |Duchy of Gotha |
| colspan=4 style="background: #ceb;" | |
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |
| colspan=1 rowspan=7 style="background: #fca;" |Duchy of Zeitz | colspan=1 rowspan=7 style="background: #fea;" |Duchy of Merseburg | colspan=2 rowspan=4 style="background: #ffc;" |Duchy of Weissenfels | colspan=4 style="background: #ceb;" | |
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |
| colspan=1 rowspan=7 style="background: #fedf;" |Duchy of Eisenach | colspan=1 style="background: #ceb;" | | colspan=1 rowspan=4 style="background: #ada;" |Duchy of Jena | colspan=3 style="background: #fde;" | |
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |
| colspan=1 style="background: #ceb;" | | colspan=4 style="background: #fde;" |Renamed |
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |
| colspan=1 style="background: #ceb;" | | colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" | | colspan=1 rowspan=9 style="background: #dac;" |Duchy of Hildburghausen | colspan=1 rowspan=10 style="background: #fbd;" |Duchy of Meiningen | colspan=1 rowspan=10 style="background: #ecf;" |Duchy of Coburg and Saalfeld |
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |
| colspan=1 style="background: #ffc;" | | colspan=1 rowspan=3 style="background: #dc8;" |Duchy of Barby | colspan=1 style="background: #ceb;" | | colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" | |
| colspan=1 style="background: #fff;" |
| colspan=1 style="background: #ffc;" | | colspan=2 style="background: #ceb;" |Duchy of Weimar | colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" | |
| colspan=2 style="background: #fff;" |
| colspan=1 style="background: #ffc;" | | colspan=2 style="background: #ceb;" | | colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" | |
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |
| colspan=2 style="background: #ffc;" | | colspan=2 style="background: #ceb;" | | colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" | |
| colspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |
| colspan=2 style="background: #ffc;" | | colspan=3 rowspan=5 style="background: #ceb;" |Renamed | colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" | |
| colspan=5 style="background: #fff;" |
| colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" | |
| colspan=5 rowspan=3 style="background: #fff;" |Raised to: Kingdom of Saxony (1806-1918) | colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" | |
| colspan=1 style="background: #fde;" | |
| colspan=2 style="background: #dac;" |Renamed Duchy of Altenburg (1826-1918) |
==Table of rulers==
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! colspan=2 | Ruler!!Born!!Reign!!Ruling part!!Consort!!Death!!Notes | |||||
| style="background:#fff;" | |align=center|c.920 ? |align=center|c.950 – 976 | County of Wettin | Judith of Magdeburg c.950 two children |align=center|976 | First known member of the family and first count of Wettin. | |
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|c.960 |align=center|976 – 13 November 1009 | County of Wettin | Thietburga of Haldensleben c.980 one child |align=center|13 November 1009 |rowspan=2| Children of Theodoric, divided their inheritance. Eilenburg eventually rejoined Wettin after Frederick's death. | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | |align=center|c.960 Second son of Theodoric I and Judith of Magdeburg |align=center|976 – 5 January 1017 | County of Wettin (at Eilenburg) | Unknown three children |align=center|5 January 1017 | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|c.980 |align=center|13 November 1009 – 19 November 1034 | County of Wettin | Matilda of Meissen c.1000 seven children |align=center|19 November 1034 | Since 1032 also Margrave of Lusatia. | |
| style="background:#cba;" | |align=center|1004 First son of Theodoric II and Matilda of Meissen |align=center|19 November 1034 – October 1075 |rowspan=2|March of Lusatia | Oda of East Ostmark c.1035 two children Adela of Leuven c.1055 two children |align=center|October 1075 |rowspan=3 style="background:#fff| Children of Theodoric II, Dedo II and Thimo divided their inheritance. Since 1040, Dedo II associated his namesake son to his rule in Lusatia. | |||
| style="background:#cba;" | |align=center|c.1035 Son of Dedo II and Oda of East Ostmark |align=center|1040 – 1069 | Unmarried
|align=center|1069 | |||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|c.1030 |align=center|19 November 1034 – 9 March 1090 | County of Wettin | Ida of Nordheim three children |align=center|9 March 1090 | ||
| style="background:#cba;"
|colspan=7 align=center|Regency of Adela of Leuven (1075-1084) |rowspan=2| | |||||
| style="background:#cba;" | 100px
|align=center|1070 |align=center|October 1075 – 1103 | March of Lusatia (with Meissen since 1089) | Gertrude of Brunswick c.1090 one child |align=center|1103 | ||
| style="background:#fff;"
|{{ill|Dedo IV, Count of Wettin|de|Dedo IV. von Wettin|lt=Dedo IV}} | 100px
|align=center|c.1070 |align=center|9 March 1090 – 26 December 1124 | County of Wettin | {{ill|Bertha of Groitzsch|de|Bertha von Groitzsch}} c.1120 (annulled) one child |align=center|26 December 1124 | ||
| style="background:#cba;"
|colspan=7 align=center|Regency of Gertrude of Brunswick (1103-1117) |rowspan=2|Posthumous son of his father, left no descendants. | |||||
| style="background:#cba;" | |align=center|1103 Posthumous son of Henry I and Gertrude of Brunswick |align=center|1103 – October 1123 | March of Lusatia (with Meissen) | Adelaide of Stade c.1120 no children |align=center|October 1123 | ||
| style="background:#cba;"
|colspan=8 align=center|Lusatia and Meissen fell under control of other families (1123-1136); Annexed again to Wettin in 1136 | |||||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|c.1080? |align=center|26 December 1124 – 1156 | County of Wettin (with March of Lusatia and Meissen since 1136) | Luitgard of Elchingen-Ravenstein (c.1104–1146) 1115 twelve children |align=center|5 February 1157 |rowspan=2|Heirs of Dedo IV. Conrad abdicated in 1156 to his sons, who divided the county. Dedo's daughter Matilda's possessions were inherited by her descendants. | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|c.1120? |align=center|26 December 1124 – 9 January 1170 | County of Wettin (at Leisnig and Colditz) | {{ill|Rapoto, Count of Abenberg|de|Rapoto von Abenberg}} (c.1104–1146) c.1150 twelve children |align=center|9 January 1170 | ||
| style="background:#ade;"
|Otto the RichSometimes numbered II after Otto I, Margrave of Meissen. | 100px
|align=center|c.1125? |align=center|1156 – 18 February 1190 | March of Meissen | Hedwig of Brandenburg 1155 four children |align=center|18 February 1190 |rowspan=5 style="background:#fff;"|Children of Conrad I, divided their inheritance. After Theodoric's death with no descendants, the march of Lusatia was inherited by his brother Dedo. | ||
| style="background:#cba;" | 100px
|align=center|c.1125? |align=center|1156 – 9 February 1185 | March of Lusatia | Dobroniega Ludgarda of Poland c.1145 two children |align=center|9 February 1185 | ||
| style="background:#cba;" | 100px
|align=center|c.1125? |align=center|1156 – 16 August 1190 | {{ill|County of Groitzsch|de|Grafschaft Groitzsch}} (until 1185) March of Lusatia (from 1185) | {{ill|Matilda of Heinsberg|nl|Mechtilde van Heinsberg}} c.1150 six children |align=center|16 August 1190 | ||
| style="background:#fff;"
|{{ill|Henry I, Count of Wettin|fr|Henri Ier de Wettin|lt=Henry I}} | 100px
|align=center|c.1130? |align=center|1156 – 30 August 1181 | County of Wettin | Sophia of Sommerschenburg (d.1195) c.1150 four children |align=center|30 August 1181 | ||
| style="background:#def;"
|{{ill|Frederick I, Count of Brehna|de|Friedrich I. von Brehna|lt=Frederick I}} | 100px
|align=center|c.1130? |align=center|1156 – 4 January 1182 | {{ill|County of Brehna|de|Grafschaft Brehna}} | {{ill|Hedwig of Bohemia|cz|Hedvika Přemyslovna (1211)}} 1165 three children |align=center|4 January 1182 | ||
| style="background:#fff;"
|{{ill|Henry II, Count of Wettin|bg|Хайнрих II (Ветин)|lt=Henry II}} | 100px
|align=center|c.1150? |align=center|30 August 1181 – 20 December 1187 | County of Wettin | Unmarried
|align=center|20 December 1187 | ||
| style="background:#def;"
|{{ill|Hedwig of Bohemia|cz|Hedvika Přemyslovna (1211)}} | 100px
|align=center|c.1150? |align=center|4 January 1182 – 19 February 1211 | {{ill|County of Brehna|de|Grafschaft Brehna}} (at the town of Brehna) | {{ill|Frederick I, Count of Brehna|de|Friedrich I. von Brehna|lt=Frederick I}} 1165 three children |align=center|19 February 1211 |rowspan=2| Heirs of Frederick I. Otto shared the town of Brehna with his mother as widow seat. | ||
| style="background:#def;"
|{{ill|Otto, Count of Brehna|de|Otto I. von Brehna|lt=Otto I}} | |align=center|c.1165 First son of {{ill|Frederick I, Count of Brehna|de|Friedrich I. von Brehna|lt=Frederick I}} and {{ill|Hedwig of Bohemia|cz|Hedvika Přemyslovna (1211)}} |align=center|4 January 1182 – 23 December 1203 | {{ill|County of Brehna|de|Grafschaft Brehna}} (in the remaining county) | Unmarried
|align=center|23 December 1203 | ||
| style="background:#fff;"
|{{ill|Ulrich, Count of Wettin|de|Ulrich I. von Wettin|lt=Ulrich}} | 100px
|align=center|c.1160? |align=center|20 December 1187 – 28 September 1206 | County of Wettin | ? of Winzenburg (1149-1204) c.1185 no children Hedwig of Saxony 1205 one child |align=center|28 September 1206 | ||
| style="background:#ade;" | 100px
|align=center|1158 |align=center|18 February 1190 – 24 June 1195 | March of Meissen | {{ill|Sophia of Bohemia, Margravine of Meissen|cz|Žofie Přemyslovna|lt=Sophia of Bohemia}} 23 April 1186 Ústí nad Labem one child |align=center|24 June 1195 | After his death, his lands were seized by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. As he left no male descendants, the march, when recovered, passed to his brother. | |
| style="background:#ade;"
|align=center colspan=8|Meissen briefly under direct rule of the Holy Roman Empire | |||||
| style="background:#cba;" | |align=center|c.1150 First son of Dedo V and {{ill|Matilda of Heinsberg|nl|Mechtilde van Heinsberg}} |align=center|16 August 1190 – 13 June 1207 | March of Lusatia (at Groitzsch) | Judith of Thuringia 1190 two children |align=center|13 June 1207 |rowspan=3|Children of Dedo V, possibly divided the inheritanceGiven that Agnes was known as of Rochlitz, it is likely that she became the heiress of that seat, that passed to her descendants but eventually returned to the family, as it is shown between the Wettin's possessions in the 16th-century.. | ||
| style="background:#cba;" | |align=center|c.1150 Second son of Dedo V and {{ill|Matilda of Heinsberg|nl|Mechtilde van Heinsberg}} |align=center|16 August 1190 – 6 May 1210 | March of Lusatia (at Eilenburg) | Elisabeth of Greater Poland February 1180 three children |align=center|6 May 1210 | ||
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|align=center|1152 |align=center|16 August 1190 – 25 March 1195 | March of Lusatia (at Rochlitz) | Berthold IV, Duke of Merania 1180 seven children |align=center|2 March 1195 | ||
| style="background:#cba;"
|align=center colspan=8|Groitzsch and Eilenburg annexed to Meissen; Rochlitz annexed to the House of Andechs, but eventually returned to the House of Wettin | |||||
| style="background:#ade;"
|Theodoric I & II the OppressedCounted Theodoric II in Lusatia. | 100px
|align=center|11 March 1162 |align=center|1198 – 18 February 1221 | March of Meissen | Judith of Thuringia 1197 five children |align=center|18 February 1221 | ||
| style="background:#fff;"
|colspan=7 align=center|Regency of Hedwig of Saxony and {{ill|Frederick II, Count of Brehna and Wettin|de|Friedrich II. von Brehna und Wettin|lt=Frederick II, Count of Brehna}} (1205-1217) |rowspan=2|Died as a minor and left no descendants. After his death, Wettin was inherited by the Brehna line. | |||||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|1205 |align=center|28 September 1206 – 25 March 1217 | County of Wettin | Unmarried
|align=center|25 March 1217 | ||
| style="background:#fff;"
|rowspan=2|{{ill|Frederick II, Count of Brehna and Wettin|de|Friedrich II. von Brehna und Wettin|lt=Frederick II & I}} |rowspan=2| 100px |align=center rowspan=2|c.1165? |align=center style="background:#def;"|23 December 1203 – 25 March 1217 |style="background:#def;"|{{ill|County of Brehna|de|Grafschaft Brehna}} |rowspan=2|Judith of Ziegenhain |align=center rowspan=2|16 December 1221 |rowspan=2|Co-ruling in Brehna since 1182, with his brother Otto. Ruling alone since 1203, Frederick inherited the county of Wettin from his cousin Henry III. | |||||
| style="background:#fff;"
|align=center|25 March 1217 – 16 December 1221 | County of Wettin | ||||
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|colspan=7 align=center|Regency of Judith of Thuringia (1221-1223) and Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia (1221-1227) |rowspan=2| In 1265, he informally divided his patrimony with his sons: Albert received rule over Thuingia and Theodoric over Landsberg, but as Theodoric predeceased his father, Albert divided, in 1288, the margraviate with his nephew, Frederick Tuta. | |||||
| style="background:#ade;" | 100px
|align=center|1215 |align=center|18 February 1221 – 15 February 1288 | March of Meissen | Constance of Austria 1 May 1234 near Vienna two children {{ill|Agnes of Bohemia, Margravine of Meissen|cz|Anežka Přemyslovna (1268)|lt=Agnes of Bohemia}} 1244 no children {{ill|Elisabeth von Maltitz|de}} 1270 two children |align=center|15 February 1288 | ||
| style="background:#fff;"
|{{ill|Theodoric III, Count of Wettin|pl|Dytryk I (hrabia Breny)|lt=Theodoric III}} | 100px
|align=center|c.1190? |align=center|16 December 1221 – 11 July 1267 |rowspan=2|County of Wettin | {{ill|Eudoxia of Masovia|de|Eudoxia von Masowien}} (c.1210-1250) c.1230 six children |align=center|11 July 1267 |rowspan=2| Children of Frederick II, ruled jointly. | |||
| style="background:#fff;" | |align=center|c.1190? Second son of {{ill|Frederick II, Count of Brehna and Wettin|de|Friedrich II. von Brehna und Wettin|lt=Frederick II & I}} and Judith of Ziegenhain |align=center|16 December 1221 – 1234 | Unmarried
|align=center|1234 | |||
| style="background:#fff;" | |align=center|c.1230? First son of {{ill|Theodoric, Count of Wettin|pl|Dytryk I (hrabia Breny)|lt=Theodoric III}} and {{ill|Eudoxia of Masovia|de|Eudoxia von Masowien}} |align=center|11 July 1267 – 1288 | County of Wettin | Unmarried
|align=center|c.1290 |rowspan=3|Children of Theodoric, divided their inheritance. Theodoric II's possessions were absorbed by the Templar Order, where he went. Otto's death with no descendants led to the absortion of the county by the Archbishopric of Magdeburg. | ||
| style="background:#def;" | |align=center|c.1230? Second son of {{ill|Theodoric, Count of Wettin|pl|Dytryk I (hrabia Breny)|lt=Theodoric III}} and {{ill|Eudoxia of Masovia|de|Eudoxia von Masowien}} |align=center|11 July 1267 – 26 March 1278 | {{ill|County of Brehna|de|Grafschaft Brehna}} | Elisabeth of Saxe-Wittenberg c.1270 four children |align=center|26 March 1278 | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | |align=center|c.1230? Third son of {{ill|Theodoric, Count of Wettin|pl|Dytryk I (hrabia Breny)|lt=Theodoric}} and {{ill|Eudoxia of Masovia|de|Eudoxia von Masowien}} |align=center|11 July 1267 – c.1270 | County of Wettin (at Mücheln and Döblitz) | Unmarried
|align=center|1272 | ||
| style="background:#fff;"
|colspan=8 align=center|Wettin annexed to the Archbishopric of Magdeburg; Mücheln and Döblitz annexed to the Templar Order | |||||
| style="background:#def;" | |align=center|c.1250? First son of Conrad I and Elisabeth of Saxe-Wittenberg |align=center|26 March 1278 – 1288 |rowspan=2|{{ill|County of Brehna|de|Grafschaft Brehna}} |rowspan=2|Unmarried |align=center|1288 |rowspan=2|Children of Conrad I, ruled jointly. Left no descendants, and their county was annexed to Saxe-Wittenberg. | ||||
| style="background:#def;" | |align=center|c.1250? Second son of Conrad I and Elisabeth of Saxe-Wittenberg |align=center|26 March 1278 – 1290 |align=center|1290 | ||||
| style="background:#def;"
|colspan=8 align=center|Brehna annexed to Saxe-Wittenberg | |||||
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|align=center|1240 |align=center|15 February 1288 – 1307 | March of Meissen (in Thuringia only since 1291) | Margaret of Sicily June 1255 five children Kunigunde of Eisenberg 1272 (having an affair since 1269) two children {{ill|Elisabeth of Weimar-Orlamünde, Countess of Lobdeburg|de|Elisabeth von Orlamünde|lt=Elisabeth of Weimar-Orlamünde}} 1 October 1290 no children |align=center|20 November 1314 |rowspan=2|Following the formal division made by his father, it was expected for both sons of Henry to divide Meissen between them, but Theodoric preceded his father; it was his son Frederick Tuta who made the true division of power with his uncle Albert after Henry III's death. The marriage of Albert II with his previous lover and his estrangement with his legitimate sons led to a succession crisis that led to Albert's deposition, but Albert kept his power in Thuringia, which he was also forced to surrender in 1307. After said deposition, and Frederick Tuta's death with no descendants (1291), the sons of Albert II (Frederick I and Theodoric III) redivided Meissen. | ||
| style="background:#cba;" | |align=center|1269 Son of Theodoric of Landsberg and Helene of Brandenburg |align=center|15 February 1288 – 16 August 1291 | March of Lusatia | Catharina of Bavaria 1155 four children |align=center|16 August 1291 | ||
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|align=center|1257 |align=center|16 August 1291 – 16 November 1323 | March of Meissen (with Thuringia since 1307) | {{ill|Agnes of Gorizia-Tyrol, Margravine of Meissen|de|Agnes von Görz und Tirol|lt=Agnes of Gorizia-Tyrol}} 1 January 1286 Vienna one child {{ill|Elisabeth of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk|de|Elisabeth von Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk}} 24 August 1301 Gotha two children |align=center|16 November 1323 |rowspan=2|Children of Albert II, deposed their father, and, aftet their cousin's death, divided the whole patrimony between them. In 1303, Theodoric sold his property to the Margraviate of Brandenburg. | ||
| style="background:#cba;" | 100px
|align=center|1260 |align=center|16 August 1291 – 1303 | March of Lusatia | Judith of Henneberg-Schleusingen (d.1315) 1295 no children |align=center|10 November 1307 | ||
| style="background:#cba;"
|colspan=8 align=center|Lusatia annexed to the Margraviate of Brandenburg | |||||
| style="background:#ade;"
|colspan=7 align=center|Regency of {{ill|Elisabeth of Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk|de|Elisabeth von Lobdeburg-Arnshaugk}} (1323-1329) |rowspan=2| | |||||
| style="background:#ade;" | 100px
|align=center|30 November 1310 |align=center|16 November 1323 – 18 November 1349 | March of Meissen | Matilda of Bavaria May 1323 Nuremberg nine children |align=center|18 November 1349 | ||
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|align=center|14 December 1332 |align=center|18 November 1349 – 21 May 1381 | March of Meissen | Catherine of Henneberg 1346 four children |align=center|21 May 1381 | ||
| style="background:#bcd;" | 100px
|align=center|21 December 1336 |align=center|21 May 1381 – 18 May 1406 | Landgraviate of Thuringia | Margaret of Nuremberg Spring 1374 two children Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg 1404 no children |align=center|18 May 1406 |rowspan=7 style="background:#ade;"|Following Frederick III's death, his heirs made the Division of Chemnitz, which divided the property of the family between surviving brothers and sons of the deceased margrave. After the Wittenberg line of the Ascanians became extinct, the Electorate of Saxony was given to Frederick IV, one of the sons of Frederick III. William I's property (given he died with no children) fell to his nephews fom Landsberg. | ||
| style="background:#ade;" | 100px
|align=center|19 December 1343 |align=center|21 May 1381 – 9 February 1407 | March of Meissen | Elisabeth of Moravia 1390 no children {{ill|Anna of Brunswick-Göttingen, Margravine of Meissen|bg|Анна фон Брауншвайг-Гьотинген|lt=Anna of Brunswick-Göttingen}} 1403 no children |align=center|9 February 1407 | ||
| style="background:#cba;"
|colspan=7 align=center|Regency of Catherine of Henneberg (1381-1384) | |||||
| style="background:#fff;"
|rowspan=2|Frederick IV & I the Warlike |rowspan=2|100px |align=center rowspan=2|11 April 1370 |align=center style="background:#cba;"|21 November 1381 – 4 January 1428 |style="background:#cba;"|March of Landsberg |rowspan=2| Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg |align=center rowspan=2|4 January 1428 | |||||
| style="background:#fff;"
|align=center|6 January 1423 – 4 January 1428 | Duchy of Saxony and Electorate of Saxony | ||||
| style="background:#ade;" | |align=center|23 April 1371 Dresden Second son of Frederick III and Catherine of Henneberg |align=center|21 May 1381 – 13 March 1425 | March of Meissen (co-ruling in the Margraviate of Landsberg until 1407) | Amelia of Masovia 16 May 1413 Brześć Kujawski (by proxy) no children |align=center|13 March 1425 | ||
| style="background:#cba;"
|{{ill|George, Margrave of Landsberg and Meissen|fr|Georges de Misnie|lt=George}} | 100px
|align=center|1380 |align=center|21 May 1381 – 9 December 1401 | March of Landsberg | Unmarried
|align=center|9 December 1401 | ||
| style="background:#ade;"
|colspan=8 align=center|Meissen and Landsberg fell to the Electorate of Saxony | |||||
| style="background:#bcd;" | |align=center|c.1380 Weißenfels Son of Balthasar and Margaret of Nuremberg |align=center|18 May 1406 – 7 May 1440 | Landgraviate of Thuringia | {{ill|Anna of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Landgravine of Thuringia|de|Anna von Schwarzburg|lt=Anna of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen}} 1407 no children |align=center|7 May 1440 | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|22 April 1412 |align=center|4 January 1428 – 7 September 1464 | Duchy of Saxony and Electorate of Saxony (with Thuringia in 1440-1445) | Margaret of Austria 3 June 1431 Leipzig eight children |align=center|7 September 1464 |rowspan=2| Children of Frederick I, had different inheritances. Frederick was the sole inheritor of the Electorate, but also inherited also Thuringia from his cousin Frederick IV, but gave it to his brother William a few years later. After William's death with no children, Thuringia merged in the Electorate. | ||
| style="background:#bcd;" | 100px
|align=center|30 April 1425 |align=center|1445 – 17 September 1482 | Landgraviate of Thuringia | Anna of Austria 2 June 1446 no children |align=center|17 September 1482 | ||
| style="background:#bcd;"
|colspan=8 align=center|Thuringia annexed to the Electorate of Saxony | |||||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|24 March 1441 |align=center|7 September 1464 – 26 August 1486 | Electorate of Saxony (Ernestine line) | Elisabeth of Bavaria-Munich 25 November 1460 Leipzig seven children |align=center|26 August 1486 |rowspan=2| Children of Frederick II, divided their patrimony. Ernest, as the eldest, inherited the Electoral dignity. Ernest founded the Ernestine line of Saxon princes, and Albert was the founder of the Albertine line. | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|27 January 1443 |align=center|7 September 1464 – 12 September 1500 | Duchy of Saxony (Albertine line) | Sidonie of Poděbrady 11 November 1464 Cheb nine children |align=center|12 September 1500 | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|17 January 1463 |align=center|26 August 1486 – 5 May 1525 | Electorate of Saxony (Ernestine line; at Wittenberg) | Unmarried
|align=center|5 May 1525 |rowspan=2| Children of Ernest, ruled jointly, with different seats from 1513. Frederick was a protector of Martin Luther, but a lifelong Catholic. John established Lutheranism officially in 1527. | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|30 June 1468 |align=center|26 August 1486 – 16 August 1532 | Electorate of Saxony (Ernestine line; at Weimar) | Sophie of Mecklenburg 1 March 1500 Torgau one child Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen 13 November 1513 Torgau four children |align=center|16 August 1532 | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|27 August 1471 |align=center|12 September 1500 – 17 April 1539 | Duchy of Saxony (Albertine line) | Barbara of Poland 21 November 1496 Dresden ten children |align=center|17 April 1539 | Proponent of Catholic Reform and a staunch opponent of Martin Luther. Left no surviving male descendants. He was succeeded by his brother Henry. | |
| style="background:#fff;" | John Frederick I the Magnanimous | 100px
|align=center|30 June 1503 |align=center|16 August 1532 – 3 March 1554 | Electorate of Saxony (Ernestine line; until 1547) Duchy of Saxony (Ernestine line; from 1547) | Sibylle of Cleves 9 February 1527 Torgau four children |align=center|3 March 1554 |rowspan=2| Children of John I, ruled jointly. John Ernest ruled a separate part of the Electorate as Duke, never having held the Electoral dignity. John Frederick lost his Electoral dignity and territory to his cousin Maurice after being defeated by the Emperor in the Schmalkaldic War. He was left with some territories as the Duchy of Saxony. Coburg re-merged in the Saxon duchy after John Ernest's death. After John Frederick's death the Duchy of Saxony was divided between his three sons. | |
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|10 May 1521 |align=center|16 August 1532 – 8 February 1553 | Duchy of Saxony (Ernestine line; at Coburg) | Catherine of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 12 February 1542 Torgau no children |align=center|8 February 1553 | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|16 March 1473 |align=center|17 April 1539 – 18 August 1541 | Duchy of Saxony (Albertine line) | Catherine of Mecklenburg 9 January 1541 Marburg nine children |align=center|18 August 1541 | Succeeded his brother George. He established Lutheranism in Albertine Saxony. | |
| style="background:#fff;" | Maurice | 100px
|align=center| 21 March 1521 |align=center|18 August 1541 – 9 July 1553 | Duchy of Saxony (Albertine line; until 1547) Electorate of Saxony (Albertine line; from 1547) | Agnes of Hesse 9 January 1541 Marburg two children |align=center|9 July 1553 | Though a Lutheran, allied with Emperor Charles V against the Schmalkaldic League. Gained the Electorate for the Albertine line in 1547 after Charles V's victory at the Battle of Mühlberg. Left no male descendants. He was succeeded by his brother Augustus. |
| style="background:#fff;"
|colspan=8 align="center"|Following their displacement by the Albertines, the Ernestine branch of the Wettins continued to rule in southern Thuringia as "Dukes of Saxony", but their lands eventually split up into many different tiny Ernestine duchies. | |||||
| style="background:#fff;" | Augustus I | 100px
|align=center|31 July 1526 |align=center|9 July 1553 – 11 February 1586 | Electorate of Saxony | Anna of Denmark 7 October 1548 Torgau fifteen children Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt 3 January 1586 Dessau no children |align=center|11 February 1586 | Recognized as Elector by the ousted John Frederick I in 1554. |
| style="background:#fed;" | John Frederick II | 100px
|align=center|8 January 1529 |align=center|3 March 1554 – November 1566 | Duchy of Coburg and Eisenach | Agnes of Hesse 26 May 1555 Weimar no children Elisabeth of the Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim 12 June 1558 Weimar four children |align=center|19 May 1595 |rowspan=3 style="background:#fff;"| Children of John Frederick I, divided their inheritance. John Frederick III's domain went to his elder brother John Frederick II. He, however, was placed under imperial ban with intervention of his brother John William, who seized the opportunity to reunite all Saxony underr his domain. However, in 1572, the Division of Erfurt forced him to redivide Saxony with his nephews, sons of his imprisoned brother, who rreceived thei father's domain at Coburg and Eisenach. | |
| style="background:#ceb;" | John William | 100px
|align=center|11 March 1530 |align=center|3 March 1554 – 2 March 1573 | Duchy of Weimar | Dorothea Susanne of the Palatinate-Simmern 15 June 1560 Heidelberg five children |align=center|2 March 1573 | |
| style="background:#fde;" | 100px
|align=center|16 January 1538 |align=center|3 March 1554 – 21 October 1565 | Duchy of Gotha | Unmarried
|align=center|21 October 1565 | ||
| style="background:#fde;"
|colspan=8 align="center"|Gotha annexed to Coburg and Eisenach | |||||
| style="background:#fed;"
|colspan=8 align="center"|Coburg and Eisenach briefly annexed to Weimar (1566-1572) | |||||
| style="background:#fed;"
|align="center" colspan="7"| Regency of Augustus I, Elector of Saxony (1573-1586) |rowspan=3|Children of John Frederick II, ruled jointly until 1596, and then divided their inheritance. After the deaths of both brothers with no heirs, the duchies were divided between its neighbours Saxe-Altenburg and Saxe-Weimar. | |||||
| style="background:#fed;" | John Casimir | 100px
|align="center"|12 June 1564 |align="center"|5 December 1572 – 16 July 1633 | Duchy of Coburg and Eisenach (at Coburg) | Anna of Saxony 16 January 1586 Dresden no children Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg 16 September 1599 Coburg no children |align="center"|16 July 1633 | |
| style="background:#fed;" | John Ernest I | 100px
|align="center"|9 July 1566 |align="center"|5 December 1572 – 23 October 1638 | Duchy of Coburg and Eisenach (at Eisenach) | Elisabeth of Inner Mansfeld 23 November 1591 Wiener Neustadt one child Christine of Hesse-Kassel 14 May 1598 Rotenburg an der Fulda no children |align="center"|23 October 1638 | |
| style="background:#fed;"
|colspan=8 align="center"|Coburg and Eisenach divided between its neighbours Saxe-Altenburg and Saxe-Weimar | |||||
| style="background:#ceb;"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Augustus I, Elector of Saxony (1573-1586) |rowspan="2"|After his death, his brother took the land and in the next year divided it with his nephews (sons of Frederick William). | |||||
| style="background:#ceb;" | 100px
|align="center"|25 April 1562 |align="center"|2 March 1573 – 7 July 1602 | Duchy of Weimar | Sophie of Württemberg 5 May 1583 Weimar six children Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg 9 September 1591 Neuburg an der Donau six children |align="center"|7 July 1602 | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align="center"|29 October 1560 |align="center"|11 February 1586 – 25 September 1591 | Electorate of Saxony | Sophie of Brandenburg 25 April 1582 Dresden seven children |align="center"|25 September 1591 | ||
| style="background:#fff;"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Sophie of Brandenburg (1591-1601) |rowspan="2"| | |||||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|23 September 1583 |align=center|25 September 1591 – 23 June 1611 | Electorate of Saxony | Hedwig of Denmark 12 September 1602 Dresden no children |align=center|23 June 1611 | ||
| style="background:#ceb;" | 100px
|align=center|22 May 1570 |align=center|7 July 1602 – 18 July 1605 | Duchy of Weimar | Dorothea Maria of Anhalt 7 January 1593 Altenburg twelve children |align=center|18 July 1605 |rowspan=2|Initially regent for his nephews (while their mother isolated herself in her widow property at Dornburg) John rapidly usurped their place in the duchy, being forced, in 1603, to divide Weimar with them. His nephews had their capital at Altenburg. The widow property reverted later to Weimar. | ||
| style="background:#ceb;" | 100px
|align=center|18 August 1575 |align=center|7 July 1602 – 11 February 1643 | Duchy of Weimar (at Dornburg) | Frederick William I 9 September 1591 Neuburg an der Donau six children |align=center|11 February 1643 | ||
| style="background:#dce;"
|colspan=7 align=center|Regency of Christian II, Elector of Saxony (1603-1611) |rowspan="4"|Received and ruled jointly the newly created Saxe-Altenburg, after the partition of 1603 with their uncle and regent. None of them had male descendants. | |||||
| style="background:#dce;" | 100px
|align=center|25 January 1597 |align=center|1603 – 1 April 1639 |rowspan=3| Duchy of Altenburg | Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 25 October 1618 Altenburg one child |align=center|1 April 1639 | |||
| style="background:#dce;" | 100px
|align=center|12 February 1599 |align=center|1603 – 24 October 1625 |rowspan=2|Unmarried |align=center|24 October 1625 | ||||
| style="background:#dce;" | |align=center|13 April 1600 Torgau Third son of Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg |align=center|1603 – 2 December 1632 |align=center|2 December 1632 | ||||
| style="background:#ceb;"
|John Ernest I the YoungerKnown in the Fruitbearing Society as the Accumulator. | 100px
|align=center|21 February 1594 |align=center|18 July 1605 – 6 December 1626 | Duchy of Weimar | Unmarried
|align=center|6 December 1626 | Left no children. After his death, his brothers succeded him jointly, but eventually divided the duchy. | |
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|5 March 1585 |align=center|23 June 1611 – 8 October 1656 | Electorate of Saxony | Sibylle Elisabeth of Württemberg 16 September 1604 Dresden one child Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia 19 July 1607 Torgau ten children |align=center|8 October 1656 | Ruled during the Thirty Years' War, during which he was at times allied with the Emperor and at times with the King of Sweden. | |
| style="background:#ceb;" | William I the GreatKnown in the Fruitbearing Society as the Tasty. | 100px
|align=center|11 April 1598 |align=center|6 December 1626 – 17 May 1662 | Duchy of Weimar | Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau 23 May 1625 Weimar nine children |align=center|17 May 1662 |rowspan="3"|Sons of John II, ruled jointly. In 1640 divided officially the land. William kept Saxe-Weimar. In 1644 William reunited his own domains with his brother Albert's. After William's death his domains were divided by his four sons. On the other hand, Ernest inherited Saxe-Gotha and reunited it with his wife's (as heiress of Saxe-Altenburg). | |
| style="background:#fed;" | Albert IV the Unsightful | 100px
|align=center|27 July 1599 |align=center|6 December 1626 – 20 December 1644 | Duchy of Eisenach (co-ruling in Weimar until 1640) | Dorothea of Saxe-Altenburg 24 June 1633 Weimar no children |align=center|20 December 1644 | |
| style="background:#fde;" | Ernest I the PiousKnown in the Fruitbearing Society as the Bittersweet. | 100px
|align=center|25 December 1601 |align=center|6 December 1626 – 26 March 1675 | Duchy of Gotha (co-ruling in Weimar until 1640; in Gotha 1640-1672) Duchy of Gotha and Altenburg (from 1672; in Altenburg jure uxoris) | Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg 24 October 1636 Altenburg eighteen children |align=center|26 March 1675 | |
| style="background:#dce;" | 100px
|align=center|12 February 1602 |align=center|1 April 1639 – 22 April 1669 | Duchy of Altenburg | Sophie Elisabeth of Brandenburg 18 September 1638 Altenburg no children Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony 11 October 1652 Dresden three children |align=center|22 April 1669 | Brother of John Philip, Frederick and John William. Succeeded his childless brothers. Received part of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in 1638. | |
| style="background:#fff;" | John George II the WorthyNickname given to him by the Fruitbearing Society. | 100px
|align=center|31 May 1613 |align=center|8 October 1656 – 22 August 1680 | Electorate of Saxony | Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 13 November 1638 Dresden three children |align=center|22 August 1680 |rowspan=5|Children of John George I, divided their inheritance. Christian divided his duchy with his son, Philip, who predeceased him. | |
| style="background:#ffc;" | 100px
|align=center|13 August 1614 |align=center|8 October 1656 – 4 June 1680 | Duchy of Weissenfels | Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 23 November 1647 Schwerin twelve children Johanna Walpurgis of Leiningen-Westerburg 29 January 1672 Halle three children |align=center|4 June 1680 | ||
| style="background:#fea;"
|Christian I the ElderKnown in the Fruitbearing Society as the Crowning One. | 100px
|align=center|27 October 1615 |align=center|8 October 1656 – 18 October 1691 | Duchy of Merseburg | Christiana of Sonderburg-Glücksburg 19 November 1650 Dresden eleven children |align=center|18 October 1691 | ||
| style="background:#fea;" | 100px
|align=center|26 October 1657 |align=center|1684 – 1 July 1690 | Duchy of Merseburg (at Lauchstädt) | Eleonore Sophie of Saxe-Weimar 9 July 1684 Weimar two children Louise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Oels 17 August 1688 Bernstadt one child |align=center|1 July 1690 | ||
| style="background:#fca;" | 100px
|align=center|28 March 1619 |align=center|8 October 1656 – 4 December 1681 | Duchy of Zeitz | Sophie Hedwig of Sonderburg-Glücksburg 19 November 1650 Dresden two children Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Weimar 3 July 1656 Weimar ten children Sophie Elisabeth of Sonderburg-Wiesenburg 14 June 1676 Wiesenburg no children |align=center|4 December 1681 | ||
| style="background:#ceb;" | John Ernest II | 100px
|align=center|11 September 1627 |align=center|17 May 1662 – 15 May 1683 | Duchy of Weimar | Christine Elisabeth of Sonderburg 14 August 1656 Weimar five children |align=center|15 May 1683 |rowspan=3|Children of William I, divided their inheritance. | |
| style="background:#fed;" | 100px
|align=center|15 May 1632 |align=center|17 May 1662 – 21 November 1668 | Duchy of Eisenach | Marie Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 18 January 1663 Wolfenbüttel five children |align=center|21 November 1668 | ||
| style="background:#ada;" | 100px
|align=center|14 October 1638 |align=center|17 May 1662 – 3 May 1678 | Duchy of Jena | Marie Charlotte de la Trémoille 10 June 1662 Paris five children |align=center|3 May 1678 | ||
| style="background:#fed;"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of John George I, Duke of Marksuhl (1668-1671) |rowspan="2"|Died as a minor. His uncle, as regent, inherited his domain. | |||||
| style="background:#fed;" | |align=center|30 November 1668 Eisenach Son of Adolph William and Marie Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |align=center|21 November 1668 – 23 February 1671 | Duchy of Eisenach | Unmarried
|align=center|23 February 1671 | ||
| style="background:#fed;" | John George I the Striver | 100px
|align=center|12 July 1634 |align=center|23 February 1671 – 19 September 1686 | Duchy of Eisenach (at Marksuhl since 1662) | Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein 29 May 1661 Wallau nine children |align=center|19 September 1686 | Son of William I, received Marksuhl in the division of 1662. He also served as regent for his nephew William August of Eisenach, but after his nephew's death in 1671, he inherited it himself, merging Marksuhl in Eisenach. From 1683 he also became regent for his other nephew at Jena. |
| style="background:#dce;"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of John George II, Elector of Saxony (1669-1672) |rowspan="2"|Died as a minor. His lands were inherited by his cousin, Elisabeth Sophie. | |||||
| style="background:#dce;" | 100px
|align=center|12 July 1657 |align=center|22 April 1669 – 14 April 1672 | Duchy of Altenburg | Unmarried
|align=center|14 April 1672 | ||
| style="background:#dce;" | Elisabeth Sophie | 100px
|align=center|10 October 1619 |align=center|14 April 1672 – 20 December 1680 | Duchy of Altenburg | Ernest I, Duke of Gotha 24 October 1636 Altenburg eighteen children |align=center|20 December 1680 | She was declared the general heiress of the family in case of the extinction of the male line, which eventually happened in her lifetime. |
| style="background:#dce;"
|colspan=8 align="center"|Saxe-Altenburg merged in Saxe-Gotha to form Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |||||
| style="background:#fde;" | 100px
|align=center|15 July 1646 |align=center|26 March 1675 – 2 August 1691 | Duchy of Gotha and Altenburg (in Gotha and Altenburg proper, jointly with his mother in Altenburg until 1680) | Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels 14 November 1669 Halle eight children Christine of Baden-Durlach 14 August 1681 Ansbach no children |align=center|2 August 1691 |rowspan=7|Children of Ernest I, divided their inheritance. | ||
| style="background:#fde;" | 100px
|align=center|24 May 1648 |align=center|26 March 1675 – 6 August 1699 | Duchy of Gotha and Altenburg (at Coburg) | Marie Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 18 July 1676 Gotha one child Susanne Elisabeth Kempinsky 24 May 1688 Coburg (morganatic) no children |align=center|6 August 1699 | ||
| style="background:#fbd; | Bernard I | 100px
|align=center|10 September 1649 |align=center|26 March 1675 – 27 April 1706 | Duchy of Meiningen | Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt 20 November 1671 Gotha seven children Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 25 January 1681 Schöningen five children |align=center|27 April 1706 | |
| style="background:#fde;" | Henry | 100px
|align=center|19 November 1650 |align=center|26 March 1675 – 13 May 1710 | Duchy of Gotha and Altenburg (at Römhild) | Marie Elisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt 1 March 1676 Darmstadt no children |align=center|13 May 1710 | |
| style="background:#fde;" | 100px
|align=center|6 January 1653 |align=center|26 March 1675 – 28 April 1707 | Duchy of Gotha and Altenburg (at Eisenberg) | Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg 13 February 1677 Merseburg one child Sophie Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt 9 February 1681 Darmstadt no children |align=center|28 April 1707 | ||
| style="background:#dac;" | 100px
|align=center|12 June 1655 |align=center|26 March 1675 – 17 October 1715 | Duchy of Hildburghausen | Sophie of Waldeck 30 November 1680 Arolsen eighteen children |align=center|17 October 1715 | ||
| style="background:#ecf;" | John Ernest | 100px
|align=center|22 August 1658 |align=center|26 March 1675 – 17 February 1729 | Duchy of Saalfeld (until 1699) Duchy of Coburg and Saalfeld (since 1699) | Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg 18 February 1680 Merseburg five children Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen 2 December 1690 Maastricht eight children |align=center|17 February 1729 | |
| style="background:#fde;"
|colspan=8 align="center"|Coburg merged in Saxe-Saalfeld to form Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | |||||
| style="background:#ada;"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1678-1683) |rowspan="2"|Died as a minor. | |||||
| style="background:#ada;" | |align=center|28 March 1675 Jena Son of Bernard II and Marie Charlotte de la Trémoille |align=center|3 May 1678 – 4 November 1690 | Duchy of Jena | Unmarried
|align=center|4 November 1690 | ||
| style="background:#ada;"
|colspan=8 align="center"|Saxe-Jena divided between its neighbours Saxe-Eisenach and Saxe-Weimar | |||||
| style="background:#ffc;" | 100px
|align=center|2 November 1649 |align=center|4 June 1680 – 24 May 1697 | Duchy of Weissenfels (at Querfurt) | Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg 25 October 1671 Altenburg eleven children Christiane Wilhelmine of Bünau 3 February 1692 Querfurt (morganatic) eleven children |align=center|24 May 1697 |rowspan=2|Children of Augustus, divided their inheritance. | ||
| style="background:#dc8;" | 100px
|align=center|29 September 1657 |align=center|4 June 1680 – 16 February 1728 | County of Barby | Elisabeth Albertine of Anhalt-Dessau 30 March 1686 Dessau seven children |align=center|16 February 1728 | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|20 June 1647 |align=center|22 August 1680 – 12 September 1691 | Electorate of Saxony | Anna Sophie of Denmark 9 October 1666 Copenhagen two children |align=center|12 September 1691 | ||
| style="background:#fca;" | 100px
|align=center|12 March 1664 |align=center|4 December 1681 – 15 November 1718 | Duchy of Zeitz | Marie Amalie of Brandenburg 25 June 1689 Potsdam five children |align=center|15 November 1718 |rowspan=2|Children of Maurice, divided their inheritance. After their deaths Zeitz and Peggau merged in the Electorate. | ||
| style="background:#fca;" | 100px
|align=center|21 July 1668 |align=center|4 December 1681 – 18 December 1713 | Duchy of Zeitz (at Pegau and Neustadt) | Sophie Angelika of Württemberg-Oels 23 April 1699 Oleśnica no children Anna Frederica of Sonderburg-Wiesenburg 27 February 1702 Moritzburg two children |align=center|18 December 1713 | ||
| style="background:#fca;"
|colspan=8 align="center"|Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt merged in Saxe-Zeitz | |||||
| style="background:#ceb;" | William Ernest I | 100px
|align=center|19 October 1662 |align=center|15 May 1683 – 26 August 1728 |rowspan=2| Duchy of Weimar | Charlotte Marie of Saxe-Jena 2 November 1683 Eisenach no children |align=center|26 August 1728 |rowspan="2"| Children of John Ernest II, ruled jointly. | ||
| style="background:#ceb;" | 100px
|align=center|22 June 1664 |align=center|15 May 1683 – 10 May 1707 | Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst 11 October 1685 Zerbst five children Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg 4 November 1694 Kassel four children |align=center|10 May 1707 | |||
| style="background:#fed;" | 100px
|align=center|24 July 1665 |align=center|19 September 1686 – 10 November 1698 | Duchy of Eisenach | Sophie Charlotte of Württemberg 20 September 1688 Kirchheim unter Teck no children |align=center|10 November 1698 | Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother. | |
| style="background:#fde;"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Bernard I, Duke of Meiningen and Henry, Duke of Römhild (1691-1693) |rowspan="2"| | |||||
| style="background:#fde;" | 100px
|align=center|28 July 1676 |align=center|2 August 1691 – 23 March 1732 | Duchy of Gotha and Altenburg | Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst 7 June 1696 Gotha nineteen children |align=center|23 March 1732 | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|18 October 1668 |align=center|12 September 1691 – 27 April 1694 | Electorate of Saxony | Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach 17 April 1692 Leipzig no children |align=center|27 April 1694 | ||
| style="background:#fea;" | |align=center|19 November 1653 Merseburg First son of Christian I and Christiana of Sonderburg-Glücksburg |align=center|18 October 1691 – 20 October 1694 | Duchy of Merseburg | Erdmuthe Dorothea of Saxe-Zeitz 14 October 1679 Moritzburg seven children |align=center|20 October 1694 |rowspan=2|Children of Christian I, divided their inheritance. Zörbig eventually re-merged in Merseburg. | ||
| style="background:#fea;" | |align=center|15 February 1655 Merseburg Second son of Christian I and Christiana of Sonderburg-Glücksburg |align=center|18 October 1691 – 27 March 1715 | Duchy of Merseburg (at Zörbig) | Hedwig of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1 December 1686 Güstrow eight children |align=center|27 March 1715 | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | Frederick Augustus I the Strong | 100px
|align=center|12 May 1670 |align=center|27 April 1694 – 1 February 1733 | Electorate of Saxony | Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 20 January 1693 Bayreuth one child |align=center|1 February 1733 | Converted to Catholicism in 1697 in order to compete for the crown of Poland. Took the Polish crown in 1697, opposed by Stanisław Leszczyński since 1704. |
| style="background:#fea;"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Erdmuthe Dorothea of Saxe-Zeitz and Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony (1694) |rowspan="2"| Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his also minor brother. | |||||
| style="background:#fea;" | |align=center|7 November 1680 Merseburg First son of Christian II and Erdmuthe Dorothea of Saxe-Zeitz |align=center|20 October – 14 November 1694 | Duchy of Merseburg | Unmarried
|align=center|14 November 1694 | ||
| style="background:#fea;"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Erdmuthe Dorothea of Saxe-Zeitz and Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony (1694-1712) |rowspan="2"| Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his uncle, Henry. | |||||
| style="background:#fea;" | 100px
|align=center|5 February 1688 |align=center|14 November 1694 – 21 April 1731 | Duchy of Merseburg | Henriette Charlotte of Nassau-Idstein 4 November 1711 Istein one child |align=center|21 April 1731 | ||
| style="background:#fea;" | Henry | 100px
|align=center|2 September 1661 |align=center|21 April 1731 – 28 July 1738 | Duchy of Merseburg (at Spremberg since 1691) | Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 29 March 1692 Güstrow three children |align=center|28 July 1738 | Received, after his father's death, the town of Spremberg. In 1731 succeeded in Merseburg, reuniting its original lands with those he unexpectedly inherited. Left no descendants and Merseburg merged in the Electorate of Saxony. |
| style="background:#fea;"
|colspan=8 align="center"|Saxe-Merseburg-Spremberg merged in Saxe-Merseburg | |||||
| style="background:#ffc;" | 100px
|align=center|13 July 1677 |align=center|24 May 1697 – 16 March 1712 | Duchy of Weissenfels (at Querfurt) | Fredericka Elisabeth of Saxe-Eisenach 7 January 1698 Jena seven children |align=center|16 March 1712 |rowspan=2|In 1711, John George gave his uncle Frederick the town of Dahme, which after his death was re-absorbed by Weissenfels. John George died without male descendants, and was succeeded by his brother Christian. | ||
| style="background:#ffc;" | 100px
|align=center|20 November 1673 |align=center|1711 – 16 April 1715 | Duchy of Weissenfels (at Dahme) | Emilie Agnes Reuss of Schleiz 13 February 1711 Dahme no children |align=center|16 April 1715 | ||
| style="background:#fed;" | 100px
|align=center|17 October 1666 |align=center|10 November 1698 – 14 January 1729 | Duchy of Eisenach | Amalie of Nassau-Dietz 28 November 1690 Oranjewoud two children Christine Juliane of Baden-Durlach 27 February 1697 Wolfenbüttel seven children Magdalene Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels 28 July 1708 Weissenfels three children Marie Christine Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim 29 May 1727 Hanau no children |align=center|14 January 1729 | ||
| style="background:#fbd; | 100px
|align=center|7 October 1672 |align=center|27 April 1706 – 24 November 1724 | Duchy of Meiningen | Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 19 September 1704 Gotha five children Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg 3 June 1714 Coburg no children |align=center|24 November 1724 | ||
| style="background:#ffc;" | 100px
|align=center|23 February 1682 |align=center|16 March 1712 – 28 June 1736 | Duchy of Weissenfels (at Querfurt) | Louise Christine of Stolberg-Stolberg-Ortenberg 12 May 1712 Stolberg no children |align=center|28 June 1736 | Left no male descendants. He was succeeded by his brother John Adolf. | |
| style="background:#dac;" | 100px
|align=center|21 August 1681 |align=center|17 October 1715 – 9 March 1724 | Duchy of Hildburghausen | Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach 4 February 1704 Erbach im Odenwald fourteen children |align=center|9 March 1724 | ||
| style="background:#dac;"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach (1724-1728) |rowspan="2"| | |||||
| style="background:#dac;" | 100px
|align=center|17 December 1707 |align=center|9 March 1724 – 13 August 1745 | Duchy of Hildburghausen | Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau 19 June 1726 Fürstenau four children |align=center|13 August 1745 | ||
| style="background:#fbd;
|colspan=7 align=center|Regency of Frederick William of Saxe-Meiningen (1724-1733), Frederick II, Duke of Gotha and Altenburg (1724-1732) and Anton Ulrich of Saxr-Meiningen (1732-1733) |rowspan=3| Children of Ernest Louis I, ruled jointly. Both left no descendants, and were succeded by their uncles and previous regents. | |||||
| style="background:#fbd; | 100px
|align=center|8 August 1709 |align=center|24 November 1724 – 24 February 1729 |rowspan=2| Duchy of Meiningen |rowspan=2|Unmarried |align=center|24 February 1729 | ||||
| style="background:#fbd; | 100px
|align=center|18 July 1712 |align=center|24 November 1724 – 28 March 1743 |align=center|28 March 1743 | ||||
| style="background:#dc8;" | 100px
|align=center|19 April 1695 |align=center|16 February 1728 – 12 June 1739 | County of Barby | Auguste Louise of Württemberg-Oels 18 February 1721 Forst no children |align=center|12 June 1739 | Left no descendants, and his land merged in Saxe-Weissenfels. | |
| style="background:#dc8;"
|colspan=8 align="center"|Barby re-merged in Saxe-Weissenfels | |||||
| style="background:#ceb;" | Ernest Augustus I | 100px
|align=center|19 April 1688 |align=center|26 August 1728 – 19 January 1748 | Duchy of Weimar (until 1741) Duchy of Weimar and Eisenach (from 1741) | Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen 2 November 1683 Nienburg eight children Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 7 April 1734 Bayreuth four children |align=center|19 January 1748 | Co-ruled with William Ernest since 1707. Reunited under his rule the duchies of Weimar and Eisenach. |
| style="background:#fed;" | 100px
|align=center|10 November 1691 |align=center|14 January 1729 – 26 July 1741 | Duchy of Eisenach | {{ill|Albertine Juliane of Nassau-Idstein|bg|Албертина Юлиана фон Насау-Идщайн}} 15 February 1713 Idstein no children Anna Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Schwedt 3 June 1723 Berlin no children |align=center|26 July 1741 | Left no descendants: Saxe-Eisenach merged with Saxe-Weimar. | |
| style="background:#fed;"
|colspan=8 align="center"|Saxe-Eisenach merged in Saxe-Weimar to form Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | |||||
| style="background:#ecf;" | 100px
|align=center|18 August 1683 |align=center|17 February 1729 – 4 September 1745 | Duchy of Coburg and Saalfeld | Christiane Fredericka of Koss 18 August 1724 Naitschau (morganatic) no children |align=center|4 September 1745 | Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother. | |
| style="background:#fde;" | Frederick III | 100px
|align=center|14 April 1699 |align=center|23 March 1732 – 10 March 1772 | Duchy of Gotha and Altenburg | Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen 17 September 1729 Gotha eight children |align=center|10 March 1772 | |
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|17 October 1696 |align=center|1 February 1733 – 5 October 1763 | Electorate of Saxony | Maria Josepha of Austria 20 August 1719 Dresden sixteen children |align=center|5 October 1763 | Converted to Catholicism in 1712. King of Poland 1734–1763. | |
| style="background:#ffc;" | 100px
|align=center|4 September 1685 |align=center|28 June 1736 – 16 May 1746 | Duchy of Weissenfels (at Querfurt) | Johannette Antoinette Juliane of Saxe-Eisenach 9 May 1721 Eisenach one child Frederica of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg 27 November 1734 Altenburg five children |align=center|16 May 1746 | Left no male descendants. After his death the Duchy was reannexed by the Electorate of Saxony. | |
| style="background:#ffc;"
|colspan=8 align="center"|Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt (with exceptions) merged in the Electorate of Saxony | |||||
| style="background:#fbd; | 100px
|align=center|16 February 1679 |align=center|28 March 1743 – 10 March 1746 |rowspan=2| Duchy of Meiningen | Unmarried
|align=center|10 March 1746 |rowspan=2| Brothers of Ernest Louis I, succeeded their nephews after their deaths with no descendants. | |||
| style="background:#fbd; | 100px
|align=center|22 October 1687 |align=center|28 March 1743 – 27 January 1763 | Philippine Elisabeth Caesar January 1711 (morganatic) ten children Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal 26 September 1750 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe eight children |align=center|27 January 1763 | |||
| style="background:#dac;"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau (1745-1748) |rowspan="2"| | |||||
| style="background:#dac;" | 100px
|align=center|10 June 1727 |align=center|13 August 1745 – 23 September 1780 | Duchy of Hildburghausen | Louise of Denmark 1 October 1749 Copenhagen one child Christiane Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 20 January 1757 Copenhagen one child Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar 1 July 1758 Bayreuth three children |align=center|23 September 1780 | ||
| style="background:#ecf;" | Francis Josias | 100px
|align=center|25 September 1697 |align=center|4 September 1745 – 16 September 1764 | Duchy of Coburg and Saalfeld | Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 2 January 1723 Rudolstadt eight children |align=center|16 September 1764 | |
| style="background:#ffc;" | 100px
|align=center|17 July 1715 |align=center|16 May 1746 – 2 May 1775 | Duchy of Weissenfels (at Langensalza) | John Adolph II 27 November 1734 Altenburg five children |align=center|2 May 1775 | Inherited fom her husband a seat in Langensalza, where she ruled until her death. | |
| style="background:#ffc;"
|colspan=8 align="center"|Langensalza annexed to the Electorate of Saxony | |||||
| style="background:#ceb;"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Francis Josias, Duke of Coburg and Saalfeld (1748-1755) |rowspan="2"| | |||||
| style="background:#ceb;" | 100px
|align=center|2 June 1737 |align=center|19 January 1748 – 28 May 1758 | Duchy of Weimar and Eisenach | Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 16 March 1756 Brunswick two children |align=center|28 May 1758 | ||
| style="background:#ceb;"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1758-1775) |rowspan="2"|In 1815, his Duchy was elevated to a Grand Duchy. | |||||
| style="background:#ceb;" | 100px
|align=center|3 September 1757 |align=center|28 May 1758 – 14 June 1828 | Duchy of Weimar and Eisenach (until 1815) Grand Duchy of Weimar and Eisenach (from 1815) | Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt 3 October 1775 Karlsruhe seven children |align=center|14 June 1828 | ||
| style="background:#fbd"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal (1763-1779) |rowspan="2"|Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother. | |||||
| style="background:#fbd; | 100px
|align="center"|19 November 1754 |align="center"|27 January 1763 – 21 January 1782 | Duchy of Meiningen | Louise of Stolberg-Gedern 5 June 1780 Gedern no children |align="center"|21 January 1782 | ||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align="center"|5 September 1722 |align="center"|5 October – 17 December 1763 | Electorate of Saxony | Maria Antonia of Bavaria 13 June 1747 Munich (by proxy) 20 June 1747 Dresden (in person) nine children |align="center"|17 December 1763 | Raised Catholic. After 74 days of reign, died of smallpox. | |
| style="background:#fff"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Maria Antonia of Bavaria and Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony (1763-1768) |rowspan="2"|His Electorate ceased with the fall of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, and he became king of the newly independent Kingdom of Saxony. Also Duke of Warsaw 1807–1813. Left no male descendants. He was succeeded by his brother. | |||||
| style="background:#fff;" | 100px
|align=center|23 December 1750 |align=center|17 December 1763 – 20 December 1806 | Electorate of Saxony (until 1806) Kingdom of Saxony (from 1806) | Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld 17 January 1769 Mannheim (by proxy) 29 January 1769 Dresden (in person) four children |align=center|5 May 1827 | ||
| style="background:#ecf;" | 100px
|align="center"|8 March 1724 |align="center"|16 September 1764 – 8 September 1800 | Duchy of Coburg and Saalfeld | Sophie Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 23 April 1749 Wolfenbüttel seven children |align="center"|8 September 1800 | ||
| style="background:#fde;" | 100px
|align="center"|30 January 1745 |align="center"|10 March 1772 – 20 April 1804 | Duchy of Gotha and Altenburg | Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen 21 March 1769 Meiningen four children |align="center"|20 April 1804 | ||
| style="background:#dac;"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780-1787) |rowspan="2"|Inherited Altenburg from Frederick IV, and renamed his duchy as Saxe-Altenburg. | |||||
| style="background:#dac;" | Frederick | 100px
|align="center"|29 April 1763 |align="center"|23 September 1780 – 29 September 1834 | Duchy of Hildburghausen (until 1826) Duchy of Altenburg (fom 1826) | Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 3 September 1785 Hildburghausen twelve children |align="center"|29 September 1834 | |
| style="background:#fbd; | 100px
|align="center"|4 February 1761 |align="center"|21 January 1782 – 24 December 1803 | Duchy of Meiningen | Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 27 November 1782 Langenburg four children |align="center"|24 December 1803 | ||
| style="background:#ecf;" | 100px
|align=center|15 July 1750 |align=center|8 September 1800 – 9 December 1806 | Duchy of Coburg and Saalfeld | Sophie of Saxe-Hildburghausen 6 March 1776 Hildburghausen no children Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf 13 June 1777 Ebersdorf ten children |align=center|9 December 1806 | ||
| style="background:#fbd;"
|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1803-1821) |rowspan="2"| | |||||
| style="background:#fbd; | 100px
|align="center"|17 December 1800 |align="center"|24 September 1803 – 20 September 1866 | Duchy of Meiningen | Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel 23 March 1825 Kassel two children |align="center"|3 December 1882 | ||
| style="background:#fde;" | 100px
|align="center"|23 November 1772 |align="center"|20 April 1804 – 17 May 1822 | Duchy of Gotha and Altenburg | Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 21 October 1797 Ludwigslust one child Karoline Amalie of Hesse-Kassel 24 April 1802 Kassel no children |align="center"|17 May 1822 | Left no male descendants. The land was inherited by his brother Frederick IV. | |
| style="background:#ecf;" | 100px
|align=center|2 January 1784 |align=center|9 December 1806 – 29 January 1844 | Duchy of Coburg and Saalfeld (until 1826) Duchy of Coburg and Gotha (from 1826) | Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 3 July 1817 Gotha two children Marie of Württemberg 23 December 1832 Coburg no children |align=center|29 January 1844 | Inherited Gotha from Frederick IV, but had to cede Saalfeld to Meiningen. The duchy changed its name to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | |
| style="background:#fde;" | 100px
|align="center"|28 November 1774 |align="center"|17 May 1822 – 11 February 1825 | Duchy of Gotha and Altenburg | Unmarried
|align="center"|11 February 1825 | Left no male descendants. The territory was divided between Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Saxe-Hildburghausen. | |
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|colspan=8 align="center"|Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg divided between its neighbours Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Saxe-Hildburghausen | |||||
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|align=center|27 December 1755 |align=center|5 May 1827 – 6 June 1836 | Kingdom of Saxony | Maria Carolina of Savoy 29 September 1781 Stupinigi (by proxy) 24 October 1781 Dresden (in person) no children Maria Theresa of Austria 8 September 1787 Florence (by proxy) 18 October 1787 Dresden (in person) four children |align=center|6 June 1836 | Left no male descendants. He was succeeded by his nephew. | |
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|align="center"|2 February 1783 |align="center"|14 June 1828 – 8 July 1853 | Grand Duchy of Weimar and Eisenach | Maria Pavlovna of Russia 3 August 1804 St. Petersburg four children |align="center"|8 July 1853 | ||
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|align="center"|27 August 1789 |align="center"|29 September 1834 – 30 November 1848 | Duchy of Altenburg | Amelia of Württemberg 24 April 1817 Kirchheim unter Teck six children |align="center"|25 November 1868 | He implemented several buildings in Altenburg, but his government was considered conservative and resistant to reform; for this, he was forced to abdicate during the civil revolution of 1848. Left no male descendants. He was succeeded by his brother George. | |
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|align=center|18 May 1797 |align=center|6 June 1836 – 9 August 1854 | Kingdom of Saxony | Maria Carolina of Austria 26 September 1819 Vienna (by proxy) 7 October 1819 Dresden (by person) no children Maria Anna of Bavaria 24 April 1833 Dresden no children |align=center|9 August 1854 | Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his brother. | |
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|align=center|21 June 1818 |align=center|29 January 1844 – 22 August 1893 | Duchy of Coburg and Gotha | Alexandrine of Baden 3 May 1842 Karlsruhe no children |align=center|22 August 1893 | Left no descendants. He was succeeded by his nephews. | |
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|align="center"|24 July 1796 |align="center"|30 November 1848 – 3 August 1853 | Duchy of Altenburg | Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 7 October 1825 Ludwigslust three children |align="center"|3 August 1853 | ||
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|align="center"|24 June 1818 |align="center"|8 July 1853 – 5 January 1901 | Grand Duchy of Weimar and Eisenach | Sophie of the Netherlands 8 October 1842 The Hague four children |align="center"|5 January 1901 | ||
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|align="center"|16 February 1826 |align="center"|3 August 1853 – 7 February 1908 | Duchy of Altenburg | Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau 28 April 1853 Ludwigslust two children |align="center"|7 February 1908 | Left no male descendants. He was succeeded by his nephew. | |
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|align=center|12 December 1801 |align=center|9 August 1854 – 29 October 1873 | Kingdom of Saxony | Amalie Auguste of Bavaria 10 November 1822 Munich (by proxy) 21 November 1822 Dresden (in person) nine children |align=center|29 October 1873 | Became a subordinate ruler in the German Empire after the Unification of Germany in 1871. | |
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|align=center|2 April 1826 |align=center|20 September 1866 – 25 June 1914 | Duchy of Meiningen | Charlotte of Prussia 18 May 1850 Berlin four children Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 23 October 1858 Langenburg three children Ellen Franz 18 March 1873 Liebenstein (morganatic) no children |align=center|25 June 1914 | ||
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|align=center|23 April 1828 |align=center|29 October 1873 – 19 June 1902 | Kingdom of Saxony | Carola of Sweden 18 June 1853 Dresden no children |align=center|19 June 1902 | ||
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|align=center|6 August 1844 |align=center|22 August 1893 – 30 July 1900 | Duchy of Coburg and Gotha | Maria Alexandrovna of Russia 23 January 1874 St Petersburg six children |align=center|30 July 1900 | Nephew of Ernest II. | |
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|align="center"colspan="7"| Regency of Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1900-1905) |rowspan=2|Nephew of Alfred. Monarchy abolished in 1918. | |||||
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|align=center|19 July 1884 |align=center|30 July 1900 – 13 November 1918 | Duchy of Coburg and Gotha | Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein 11 October 1905 Schleswig five children |align=center|6 March 1954 | ||
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|align="center"|10 June 1876 |align="center"|5 January 1901 – 13 November 1918 | Grand Duchy of Weimar and Eisenach | Caroline Reuss of Greiz 30 April 1903 Bückeburg no children Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen 14 January 1910 Meiningen four children |align="center"|24 April 1923 | Grandson of Charles Alexander, as son of Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Monarchy abolished in 1918. | |
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|align=center|8 August 1832 |align=center|19 June 1902 – 15 October 1904 | Kingdom of Saxony | Maria Anna of Portugal 11 May 1859 Lisbon eight children |align=center|15 October 1904 | ||
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|align=center|25 May 1865 |align=center|15 October 1904 – 13 November 1918 | Kingdom of Saxony | Louise of Austria 21 November 1891 Vienna (annulled by royal decree in 1903, after her escape from court) seven children |align=center|18 February 1932 | The last King of Saxony. Abdicated voluntarily in the German Revolution of 1918–1919.{{cite web|url=http://www.sachsen.de/en/274.htm|title=Information in English language - Saxony during the Weimar Republic 1918-1933|website=www.sachsen.de|access-date=7 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406202635/http://sachsen.de/en/274.htm|archive-date=6 April 2016}} | |
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|align="center"|31 August 1871 |align="center"|7 February 1908 – 13 November 1918 | Duchy of Altenburg | Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe 17 February 1898 Bückeburg (annulled 1920) four children Maria Triebel 15 July 1934 Trockenborn-Wolfersdorf (morganatic) no children |align="center"|22 March 1955 | Grandson of George and nephew of Ernest I. Monarchy abolished in 1918. | |
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|align=center|1 April 1851 |align=center|25 June 1914 – 13 November 1918 | Duchy of Meiningen | Charlotte of Prussia 18 February 1878 Berlin two children |align=center|16 January 1928 | Monarchy abolished in 1918. |
Branches and titles of the House of Wettin and its agnatic descent
=Early Wettins=
- Counts of Wettin
- Margraves of Landsberg
- Margraves of Meissen
- Margraves of Lusatia
- Dukes of Saxony, Landgraves of Thuringia
- Electors of Saxony and Arch-Marshals of the Holy Roman Empire
File:Wartburg von Brücke.jpg|Wartburg near Eisenach (1250–1406: residence of the Wettins)
=Ernestines=
- Electors of Saxony and Arch-Marshals of the Holy Roman Empire (1464–1547)
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-16879-0019, Wittenberg, Schloss, Schlosskirche.jpg|Wittenberg Castle, residence of Frederick III, "the Wise", built 1490–96
File:SchlossHartenfels.JPG|Hartenfels Castle in Torgau, main residence of the Ernestine Electors since Frederick III, "the Wise", built 1533–40
==Existing Ernestine branches==
Branch of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, extant lines all shared last common ancestor in the person of William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. However there are only two members of this line left, Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Prince Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Both were born in 1946. Since Prince Michael has no sons, and Prince Wilhelm Ernst; whose only son Prince Georg-Constantin (13 April 1977 – 9 June 2018), a banker who was married but without issue, was killed in a horse riding accident on 9 June 2018 while riding with Jean Christophe Iseux von Pfetten. Therefore, the Grand Ducal House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach will most likely become extinct in the male line. These two represent the last non-morganatic descendants of William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
- Illegitimate line of Barons of Heygendorff, four males left
Luftbild Weimarer Stadtschloss-0063.jpg|Schloss Weimar
City castle of Eisenach (1).jpg|Ducal Palace of Eisenach
Schloss Belvedere Weimar Panorama.jpg|Schloss Belvedere, Weimar
Ettersburg castle and church germany july 2024.jpg|Schloss Ettersburg
Schloss Wilhelmsthal in Thüringen.jpg|Schloss Wilhelmsthal, Gerstungen
Schloss Tiefurt Weimar 2015.jpg|Tiefurt House
Branch of Saxe-Meiningen
- Saxe-Meiningen lines all shared common descent from Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Morganatic lines from Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
- Morganatic line from Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
- Legitimate line from Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen of whom only Prince Frederick Konrad of Saxe-Meiningen (Born on 14 April 1952) is still alive today.
GER-TH-SM-Meiningen (Schloss Elisabethenburg, Blick von Osten) — 2009 uploaded 2011-09-24.jpg|Elisabethenburg Palace, Meiningen, residence of the Duchy since 1682
Meiningen, Schloss Landsberg.JPG|Schloss Landsberg, Meiningen
Schlossaltenstein2.jpg|Altenstein Palace, hunting lodge of the Dukes of Meiningen
In the very likely event of the extinction of these two senior branches, the sole represantation of the Ernestine Wettins will pass to the descendants of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, who are the present Saxe-Coburg-Gothas led by Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 21 March 1943), the House of Windsor, the Royal Family of Belgium and the Royal Family of Bulgaria. Francis and his nephew Ludwig Frederick Emil von Coburg are also ancestors to morganatic lines.
- Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, last common descent from Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, further divided into:
- Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, last common descent from Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, further divided into:
- House of Windsor, last common descent from Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, as in 1863 Edward VII and his son, the future George V renounced his succession rights to the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the succession fell into the line of the Duke of Albany.
- Gloucester line Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
- Kentian Line, from Prince George, Duke of Kent
- Mainline (Albany) Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, from Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha who until 1919 was the Duke of Albany
- House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, last common descent from Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Morganatic descendants from Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1985)
- Bulgarian royal family, all living members are descended from Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- House of Belgium, all living members share common descent from Albert II of Belgium. However as absolute primogeniture is in effect in Belgium, if and on the ascension of Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant to the throne, the ruling house of Belgium will no longer be considered agnates to the House of Wettin
- Eppinghoven, illegitimate agnatic branch to the House of Belgium from Leopold I of Belgium and Arcadie Claret
- Morganatic line of Rohmann, from Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld marriage to a commoner, Therese Stroffeck
File:Coat of Arms of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.svg|Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
File:Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen.svg|Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
File:Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.svg|Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
File:Coat of Arms of the King of the Belgians.svg| King of the Belgians
File:Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg.svg|Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
==Extinct Ernestine branches==
- Dukes of Saxe-Coburg
- Dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
File:Schloss Altenburg 02.JPG]]
- Dukes of Saxe-Altenburg (first line of Altenburg)
- Dukes of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (second line of Altenburg)
- Dukes of Saxe-Hildburghausen, then Dukes of Saxe-Altenburg (third line of Altenburg)
- Dukes of Saxe-Weimar
- Dukes of Saxe-Eisenach
- Dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach
- Dukes of Saxe-Jena
- Dukes of Saxe-Gotha
- Dukes of Saxe-Eisenberg
- Dukes of Saxe-Marksuhl
- Dukes of Saxe-Römhild
- Kings of Portugal and the Algarves (House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
=Albertines=
Image:Dresden-Hofkirche-Gruft.jpg, Dresden]]
- Margraves of Meissen
- Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1498–1510)
- Electors of Saxony and Arch-Marshals of the Holy Roman Empire (1547–1806)
- Kings of Poland and Grand Dukes of Lithuania (1697-1763)
- Duke of Courland and Semigallia (1758–1763)
- Duke of Teschen (1766-1822)
- Kings of Saxony (1806–1918), currently Prince/Princess of Saxony and Duke/Duchess of Saxony, with the head of the family also Margrave of Meissen
- Duke of Warsaw (1807–1815)
==Existing Albertine branch==
- Saxe-Gessaphe (cognatic)
==Extinct Albertine branches==
- Dukes of Saxe-Zeitz
- Dukes of Saxe-Merseburg
- Dukes of Saxe-Weissenfels
File:Zeitz Schloss1.jpg|Moritzburg Palace in Zeitz
File:Merseburger Schloss 2006.jpg|Merseburg Castle
File:Schloss Neu-Augustusburg Ostseite.JPG|Neu-Augustusburg Castle, Weissenfels
Family tree of the House of Wettin
Coats of arms
File:Wappen Mark Landsberg.svg|Counts of Wettin, Margraves of Landsberg
File:Wappen Landkreis Meissen.svg|Margraves of Meissen
File:Blason Thuringe-Misnie.svg|Margraves of Meissen and Landgraves of Thuringia
File:Arms of the house of Ascania (ancient).svg|Duke of Saxony
File:Blason Jean-Georges IV de Saxe.svg|Elector of Saxony and Arch-Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire
File:Wappen Commonwealth Sachsen-Polen-Litauen.png|King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
File:Armoiries Saxe2.svg|King of Saxony (standard arms)
File:COA Wettin.svg|King of Saxony (other arms)
For an extensive treatment of the coats of arms, see: Coat of arms of Saxony
or in French: Armorial de la maison de Wettin
See also
- List of members of the House of Wettin
- Rulers of Saxony, a list containing many Wettins
- Wettin, Saxony-Anhalt, the city from which the Wettin dynasty originated
- Coinage of Saxony
- Free Saxony, monarchist political party
- Saxon Renaissance, regional type of architecture
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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- [https://www.europeanheraldry.org/germany/electoral-houses/house-wettin/ House of Wettin – European Heraldry page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016062343/https://www.europeanheraldry.org/germany/electoral-houses/house-wettin/ |date=2019-10-16 }}
- [http://www.sachsen.de/en/276.htm Timeline at the website of the State of Saxony] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203151202/https://www.sachsen.de/en/276.htm |date=2020-02-03 }}
- [http://www.haus-wettin.de/ Website of Rüdiger, Margrave of Meissen] {{in lang|de}}
- [http://www.prinz-albert-von-sachsen.de/ Website of Albert Prinz von Sachsen] {{in lang|de}}
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