Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1602 – 1918

Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg

A state of 1602 – 1918 — 316 years in Europe. It was replaced by Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. The atlas records 2 things within it — wars and battles 2. Its line of rulers holds 3 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
316 years
1602 – 1918
Rulers
3
the Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Most ground
3,200 km²
in 1807
Within it
2
recorded rows
Symbols
3
on record, with years
Map: Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg in 1807, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg in 1807, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 3,200 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg: 1680 – 1826Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg: 1602 – 1918

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

After it

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

Duke Johann Philipp I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg · 1603 – 1603 · no death date to read the end againstDuke Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg · 1639 – 1669 · no death date to read the end againstErnst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg · 1908 – 1918 · no death date to read the end against170018001900
ending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Duke Johann Philipp I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg1603 – 1603under a yearending not on record
Duke Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg1639 – 166930 yearsending not on recordsibling
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg1908 – 191810 yearsending not on record

3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1603 – 1918. Median reign 10 years. 0 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

18301835184018451850

3,200 km² in 1827, 2,000 km² in 1852. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
    coat of arms, undatedCoat of Arms of the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Glasshouse using elements by Sodacan and Trondivers
  • Flag white green 5x3
    flag, undatedFlag white green 5x3 · Public domain
  • Flag of Saxe-Altenburg (1893-1918)
    flag, undatedFlag of Saxe-Altenburg (1893-1918) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sir Iain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1600 – 1699: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other16001700 – 1799: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other17001800 – 1899: 2 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other18001900 – 1999: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1900

1800 – 18992 rows · 2 wars and battles

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood316 years

    stood longer than 75% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held3,200 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 7% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median10 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 35% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record3

    has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 14 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Holy Roman Empire · Coincidence · 962 – 1806Holy Roman EmpireDuchy of Saxe-Altenburg · 1602 – 1918Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg10001200140016001800
coincidence

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q158151 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.