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Saxe-Altenburg

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[saks-ahl-tn-burg] / ˈsæksˈɑl tnˌbɜrg /

noun

  1. a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.


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His “Ottomania” works include a masked and bejeweled Amalie of Württemberg, the Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg, which Mr. Uklanski based on a 19th-century work by Ludwig Doell.

From New York Times ● Sep. 25, 2019

In February 1843 he had married Marie, daughter of Joseph, duke of Saxe-Altenburg, by whom he left a son and two daughters.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

Probably with my father-in-law, the Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, or with His Majesty the Emperor of Austria.

From The Prussian Terror by Alexandre Dumas

A third Hermsdorf is a village in Saxe-Altenburg, where porcelain is made.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

In 1641 Coburg fell to the dukes of Saxe-Altenburg.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

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