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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_I,_Duke_of_Saxe_Gotha Saxe-Romhild A historical duchy located in modern Thuringia, Germany existed from 1680-1710 with the ducal seat at Romahild. It was one of the Ernestine duchies. After the death of Ernest I the Pious, duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, in 1675, his seven sons inherited the duchy and ruled the lands jointly until 1680. A treaty in 1680, decided themselves to partitioned the duchy into themselves. Saxe-Romhild passed to Heinrich, the fourth surviving son of Ernest I the Pious. After the death of the only duke of this duchy, without issu, the duchy was disputed between the remaining surviving brothers and the duchy eventually passed to his younger bother, Johann Ernest of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, who was previously inherited the duchy of Saxe-Coburg from Albert, and became the duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.