Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

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Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Coburg, 8 August 1709 - d. Meiningen, 24 February 1729), was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

He was the third but second surviving son of Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his first wife, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha.

The death of his older brother Josef Bernhard (22 March 1724) make him the heir of the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen. When his father died seven months later (24 November 1724), Ernst Ludwig -of fifteen years old- inherited the duchy alongside with his younger brother Karl Frederick.

Because the two princes are under age when his father died, their uncles Frederik Wilhelm and Anton Ulrich served as guardians of his nephews until 1733.

Ernst Ludwig died after five years of reign, with only twenty years and unmarried. He was succeeded by his younger brother, Karl Frederick.

Preceded by Ernst Ludwig I

Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 1724-1729

Succeeded by Karl Frederick