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Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

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[saks-vahy-mahr-ahy-zuhn-ahkh] / ˈsæksˈvaɪ mɑrˈaɪ zənˌɑx /

noun

  1. a former grand duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.


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Nonetheless, Her Royal Highness the widowed Grand Duchess Feodora of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach is still very much alive.

From Time Magazine Archive

Karl Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Travels through North America, during the years 1825 and 1826.

From Project Gutenberg

The court of the Grand Duke Charles-Augustus, of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach at Weimar where Goethe resided and where he was entrusted with responsible state duties, was renowned in Europe as a literary centre.

From Project Gutenberg

In rapid succession followed similar grants in Schaumburg-Lippe, January 15, 1816; Waldeck, April 19, 1816; the grand-duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, May 5, 1816; Saxe-Hildburghausen, March 19, 1818; Bavaria, May 26, 1818; Baden, August 22, 1818; Lichtenstein, November 9, 1818; W�rttemberg, September 25, 1819; Hanover, December 7, 1819; Brunswick, April 25, 1820, and the grand-duchy of Hesse, December 17, 1820.

From Project Gutenberg

The Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was very much impressed with the numerous quadroons and octoroons of New Orleans in 1825 and Charles Gayarré portrayed the same conditions there in 1830.

From Project Gutenberg