George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Georg I Frederick Karl, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (Frankfurt, 4 February 1761 – Meiningen, 24 December 1803), was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
Family
He was the fourth but second surviving son of Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal.
Reign
Georg succeeded his older and childless brother, August Frederick in the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen in 1782.
Marriage and issue
In Langenburg on 27 November 1782, Georg married Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. After ten years they began to have children, finally having four:
- Adelaide Luise Therese Karoline Amalie (b. Meiningen, 13 August 1792 - d. Bentley Priory, Middlesex, 2 December 1849), married on 11 July 1818 to the Duke of Clarence, later King William IV of the United Kingdom.
- Ida (b. Meiningen, 25 June 1794 - d. Weimar, 4 April 1852), married on 30 May 1816 to Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
- stillborn daughter (Meiningen, 16 October 1796).
- Bernhard II Erich Freund, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Meiningen, 17 December 1800 - d. Meiningen, 3 December 1882).
Ancestry
| Ancestors of George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
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16. John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar |
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8. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha |
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17. Princess Dorothea Maria of Anhalt |
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4. Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
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18. John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg |
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9. Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg |
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19. Duchess Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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2. Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
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20. Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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10. Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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21. Princess Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst |
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5. Duchess Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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22. Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg |
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11. Duchess Elizabeth Juliana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg |
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23. Princess Eleanore of Anhalt-Zerbst |
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1. George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
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24. William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel |
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12. Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal |
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25. Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg |
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6. Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal |
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26. Carl Otto, Count of Solms-Laubach |
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13. Countess Catherine of Solms-Laubach |
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27. Countess Amöna Elisabeth of Bentheim-Steinfurt |
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3. Landgravine Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal |
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28. John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach |
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14. John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach |
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29. Countess Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein |
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7. Princess Christine of Saxe-Eisenach |
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30. Margrave Karl Gustav of Baden-Durlach |
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15. Margravine Christine Juliane of Baden-Durlach |
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31. Duchess Anna Sophie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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Literature
- Andrea Jakob, Meiniger Museen: Herzog Georg I. von Sachsen-Meiningen - Ein Präzedenzfall für den aufgeklärten Absolutismus 2005, Südthüringer Forschungen Heft 33, ISBN 3-910114-06-7
| Persondata |
| Name |
George 01 Of Saxe-Meiningen, Duke |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
4 February 1761 |
| Place of birth |
Meiningen |
| Date of death |
24 December 1803 |
| Place of death |
Meiningen |