Saxe-Meiningen

Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen
1675–1918
Flag Coat of arms
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	269,000
Succeeded by Thuringia

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)

See also

• Ernestine duchies

External links

• Saxe-Meiningen Family Genealogy

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