Editing Saxe-Gotha (section)

{{Short description|Saxon duchy of the Wettin dynasty}}
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{{Infobox country
|native_name            = {{native name|de|Herzogtum Sachsen-Gotha}}
|conventional_long_name = Duchy of Saxe-Gotha
|common_name            = Saxe-Gotha
|era                    = [[Early modern Europe]]
|status                 = Vassal
|empire                 = Holy Roman Empire
|government_type        = [[Principality]]
|year_start             = 1640
|year_end               = 1680
|life_span              = 
|event_start            = Partitioned from<br />{{spaces|4}}[[Saxe-Weimar]]
|date_start             = 
|event1                 = Acquired half of<br />{{spaces|4}}[[Saxe-Eisenach]]
|date_event1            = &nbsp;<br />1644
|event2                 = Acquired major part<br />{{spaces|4}}of [[Saxe-Altenburg]]
|date_event2            = &nbsp;<br />1672
|event_end              = Partitioned in seven
|date_end               = <!--- Optional: Date of disestablishment --->
|p1                     = Saxe-Weimar
|flag_p1               = Großherzogin Sachsen-Weimar.svg
|s1                     = Saxe-Coburg
|flag_s1                = Armoiries Saxe2.svg
|border_s1              = no
|s2                     = Saxe-Eisenberg
|s3                     = Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
|flag_s3               = Flag of Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg.svg
|s4                     = Saxe-Hildburghausen
|flag_s4                = Blason Duché de Saxe-Hildbourghausen.svg
|border_s4              = no
|s5                     = Saxe-Meiningen
|flag_s5                = Flagge Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha (1826-1911).svg
|s6                     = Saxe-Römhild
|s7                     = Saxe-Saalfeld
|flag_s7                = Armoiries Saxe2.svg
|border_s7              = no
|image_coat             = Armoiries Saxe2.svg
|image_map              = SajoniaGotha1.jpg
|image_map_caption      = Thuringia, showing the combined territory of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg from 1672, before it was again divided in 1680
|capital                = [[Gotha (town)|Gotha]]
}}
'''Saxe-Gotha''' ({{langx|de|Sachsen-Gotha}}) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the [[Ernestine duchies|Ernestine branch]] of the [[House of Wettin|Wettin dynasty]] in the former Landgraviate of [[Thuringia]]. The ducal residence was erected at [[Gotha (town)|Gotha]].