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William Henry, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach

1691–1741 · 18th century

William Henry was the last Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, ruling from 1729 to 1741. He died without heirs, and the duchy passed to his kinsman Ernest Augustus I of Saxe-Weimar, who united the two lands as Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, a union that lasted until the end of the German monarchies in 1918.

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