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Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Ernest I was Duke of Saxe-Altenburg from 1853 until his death in 1908. A Prussian general, he led his small Thuringian duchy into the North German Confederation in 1867 and the German Empire in 1871, and fought in the Franco-Prussian War. He was succeeded by his nephew Ernest II.
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