Saxe-Meiningen

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Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen
Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen

1675 – 1918


Flag	Coat of arms

Anthem: Vaterlandsgesang der Sachsen-Meininger

Saxe-Meiningen within the German Empire

Capital

Meiningen

Government

Principality

Duke

- 1675-1706

Bernhard I

- 1914-1918

Bernhard III

History

- Established

1675

- Duchy Abolished

1918

- Merged into Thuringia

1920

Area

- 1905

2,468 km²
953 sq mi

Population

- 1905 est.

269,000

Density

109 /km²
282.3 /sq mi

The Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty. Established in the 17th century, 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 present head of Head of the Ducal House of Saxe-Meiningen is Prince Frederick Konrad (born 1952).

Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen

Bernhard I (1675-1706)
Ernst Ludwig I (1706-1724) Son of Bernhard I
Ernst Ludwig II (1724-1729) Son of Ernst Ludwig I
Karl Frederick (1729-1743) Son of Ernst Ludwig I
Frederick Wilhelm (1743-1746) Son of Bernhard I
Anton Ulrich (1746-1763) Son of Bernhard I
Karl Wilhelm (1763-1782) Son of Anton Ulrich
Georg I (1782-1803) Son of Anton Ulrich
Bernhard II (1803-1866) Son of Georg I
Georg II (1866-1914) son of Bernhard II
Bernhard III (1914-1918) Son of Georg II

Dukedom Abolished in 1918

Heads of the Ducal House of Saxe-Meiningen, post monarchy

Bernhard III (1918-1928)
Prince Georg (1928-1946)
Prince Bernhard (1946-1984)
Prince Frederick Konrad (1984-Present)

[edit] See also

Ernestine duchies

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Saxe-Meiningen Family Genealogy

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Holy Roman Empire — Upper Saxon Circle (1512–1806)

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Ernestine duchies after Division of Erfurt 1572

Saxe-Weimar (1572 to 1806) • Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach (1572 to 1596) • Saxe-Coburg (1596 to 1633; 1681 to 1699) • Saxe-Eisenach (1596 to 1638; 1640 to 1644; 1672 to 1806) • Saxe-Altenburg (1603 to 1672; 1826 to 1918) • Saxe-Gotha (1640 to 1680) • Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1681 to 1826) • Saxe-Marksuhl (1662 to 1672) • Saxe-Jena (1672 to 1690) • Saxe-Eisenberg (1680 to 1707) • Saxe-Hildburghausen (1680 to 1826) • Saxe-Römhild (1680 to 1710) • Saxe-Saalfeld (1680 to 1735) • Saxe-Meiningen (1681 to 1918) • Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1735 to 1826) • Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1806 to 1918) • Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1826 to 1918)