father predecessor successor succession house mother birth_place death_date death_place title religion birth_date titles image article_title reign
ernest louis i , duke of saxe-meiningen ernest louis i charles frederick duke of saxe-meiningen house of saxe-meiningen dorothea marie of saxe-gotha coburg 24 february 1729 meiningen duke of saxe-meiningen lutheranism 8 august 1709 '' '' the hereditary prince of saxe-meiningen , duke in saxony hrh '' hsh '' prince of saxe-meiningen , duke in saxony '' the duke of saxe-meiningen '' hsh ernstludwigiisamei.jpg ernst ludwig ii , duke of saxe-meiningen
 1724 -- 1729
ernst ludwig ii , duke of saxe-meiningen

ernst ludwig ii , duke of saxe-meiningen -lrb- coburg , 8 august 1709 -- meiningen , 24 february 1729 -rrb- , 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 -lrb- 22 march 1724 -rrb- made him the heir to the duchy of saxe-meiningen .
when his father died seven months later -lrb- 24 november 1724 -rrb- , ernst ludwig - fifteen years old - inherited the duchy along with his younger brother karl frederick .
because the two princes were under age when their father died , their uncles frederik wilhelm and anton ulrich served as their guardians until 1733 .
ernst ludwig died after reigning five years , only twenty years old and unmarried .
he was succeeded by his younger brother , karl frederick .
