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The Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty.
[edit] History
Established in the 1681,[1] the Saxe-Meiningen line lasted, without much distinction, until the end of the monarchies in 1918. In the reshuffle of Ernestine territories that occurred following the extinction of the Saxe-Gotha line in 1825, Saxe-Meiningen received 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).
[edit] Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen
- 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 (1743–46), 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
[edit] Heads of the Ducal House of Saxe-Meiningen, post monarchy
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"Saxe-Meiningen". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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