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Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha.
Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg (1601-1675)
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About Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
Ernest I, widely known as Ernest the Pious, was duke of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg, later united as Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. He was a surviving son of Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt. He is remembered for rebuilding and reforming his lands after the Thirty Years' War. A devout Lutheran, he allied with Sweden in 1631 and fought at Lech, Nördlingen, Lützen, and the siege of Nuremberg; after the Peace of Prague (1635) he withdrew from warfare to focus on administration and recovery.
Everything about Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha →- Occupation
- aristocrat, military personnel
- Position held
- Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
- Citizenship
- Holy Roman Empire, Germany
- Born
- December 25, 1601
- Died
- March 26, 1675