Saxe-Meiningen

The **Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen** was one of the Ernestine duchies.

The dukes were never very important in forming the history of Europe, and unlike their relative in the Duchy of **Saxe-Coburg and Gotha** never set out to form a long lasting dynasty.

Like all of the German monarchies the duchy became part of the Weimar Republic after World War I.

In the reshuffle of Ernestine territories after the death of the Saxe-Gothaducal line in 1825, Saxe-Meiningen got the territories of 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).

## 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 – 1746), 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

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

- Bernhard III (1918-1928)
- Prince Georg (1928 – 46)
- Prince Bernhard (1946 – 84)
- Prince Frederick Konrad (1984 – _present_)

## Related pages

- Ernestine duchies

## Infobox (former country)

- **native name**: _Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen_
- **conventional long name**: Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
- **common name**: Saxe-Meiningen
- **era**: Middle Ages
- **status**: Vassal
- **status text**: States of the Holy Roman Empire, State of the Holy Roman Empire,
States of the Confederation of the Rhine, State of the Confederation of the Rhine,
States of the German Confederation, State of the German Confederation,
States of the North German Confederation, State of the North German Confederation,
States of the German Empire, State of the German Empire,
States of the Weimar Republic, State of the Weimar Republic
- **empire**: Holy Roman Empire
- **government type**: Principality
- **year start**: 1675
- **year end**: 1918
- **p1**: Saxe-Gotha
- **image p1**:
- **s1**: Thuringia
- **flag s1**: Flag of Thuringia (state).svg
- **event end**: German Revolution, Duchy abolished
- **image flag**: Flagge Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen.svg
- **image coat**: Wappen Deutsches Reich - Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen-Hildburghausen (Grosses).jpg
- **image map caption**: Saxe-Meiningen within the German Empire
- **title leader**: Duke
- **leader1**: Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Bernhard I
- **year leader1**: 1675 – 1706
- **leader2**: Bernhard III Frederick Wilhelm Albrecht Georg, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Bernhard III
- **year leader2**: 1914 – 18
- **capital**: Meiningen
- **national anthem**: _Vaterlandsgesang der Sachsen-Meininger_
- **stat year1**: 1905
- **stat pop1**: 269000
- **stat area1**: 2468
- **event post**: Merged into Thuringia
- **date post**: 1920