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Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen
1675–1918
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Vaterlandsgesang der Sachsen-Meininger
Status	State of the Holy Roman Empire, State of the Confederation of the Rhine, State of the German Confederation, State of the North German Confederation, State of the German Empire, State of the Weimar Republic
Capital	Meiningen
Government	Principality
Duke
• 1675 – 1706	Bernhard I
• 1914 – 18	Bernhard III
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	1675
• Duchy abolished	1918
• Merged into Thuringia	1920
Area
1905	2,468 km2 (953 sq mi)
Population
• 1905	269000
Preceded by Succeeded by Saxe-Gotha Thuringia

The Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen was one of the Ernestine duchies.

The dukes were never very important in forming the history of Europe, and unlike their relative in the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha never set out to form a long lasting dynasty.

Like all of the German monarchies the duchy became part of the Weimar Republic after World War I.

In the reshuffle of Ernestine territories after the death of the Saxe-Gothaducal line in 1825, Saxe-Meiningen got the territories of Hildburghausen and Saalfeld. The state of Saxe-Meiningen was merged into the new state of Thuringia in 1920.

The capital of Saxe-Meiningen was Meiningen; it had an area of 2,468 km² and a population of 269,000 (1905). The summer residence was Altenstein.

The present head of Head of the Ducal House of Saxe-Meiningen is Prince Frederick Konrad (born 1952).

Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen[change | change source]

• Bernhard I (1675 – 1706)
• Ernst Ludwig I (1706 – 24), son of Bernhard I
• Ernst Ludwig II (1724 – 29), son of Ernst Ludwig I
• Karl Frederick (1729 – 43), son of Ernst Ludwig I
• Frederick Wilhelm (1743 – 1746), son of Bernhard I
• Anton Ulrich (1746 – 63), Son of Bernhard I
• Karl Wilhelm (1763 – 82), son of Anton Ulrich
• Georg I (1782 – 1803), son of Anton Ulrich
• Bernhard II (1803 – 66), son of Georg I
• Georg II (1866 – 1914), son of Bernhard II
• Bernhard III (1914 – 18), son of Georg II

Dukedom abolished in 1918

Heads of the Ducal House of Saxe-Meiningen, post monarchy[change | change source]

• Bernhard III (1918-1928)
• Prince Georg (1928 – 46)
• Prince Bernhard (1946 – 84)
• Prince Frederick Konrad (1984 – present)

Related pages[change | change source]

• Ernestine duchies

Other websites[change | change source]

• "Saxe-Meiningen Family Genealogy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2007-11-05.