Saxe-Meiningen

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Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen
Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen

State of the Holy Roman Empire,
State of the Confederation of the Rhine,
State of the German Confederation,
State of the North German Confederation,
State of the German Empire,
State of the Weimar Republic

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1675 – 1918

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Flag	Coat of arms

Anthem
Vaterlandsgesang der Sachsen-Meininger

Saxe-Meiningen within the German Empire

Capital

Meiningen

Government

Principality

Duke

- 1675–1706

Bernhard I

- 1914–18

Bernhard III

Historical era

Middle Ages

- 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 summer residence was Altenstein.

The present head of Head of the Ducal House of Saxe-Meiningen is Prince Frederick Konrad (born 1952).

1 Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen
2 Heads of the Ducal House of Saxe-Meiningen, post monarchy
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

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

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

Ernestine duchies

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Saxe-Meiningen Family Genealogy

v • d • e Holy Roman Empire — Upper Saxon Circle (1512–1806)
Electorates	Brandenburg \| Saxony
Ecclesiastical princes	Cammin
Secular princes	Anhalt \| Barby \| Hatzfeld \| Pomerania: Further, Hither \| Querfurt \| Reuss: Elder, Junior \| Saxe-Weimar \| Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen
Prelates	Gernrode \| Quedlinburg \| Walkenried
Counts and Lords	Hohnstein \| Lohra and Klettenberg \| Mansfeld \| Schönburg \| Stolberg: Stolberg, Wernigerode

v • d • e

Ernestine duchies after the Division of Erfurt (1572)

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

v • d • e States of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806–13)
Rank elevated by Napoleon	Kingdoms: Bavaria \| Saxony \| Württemberg Grand Duchies: Baden \| Hesse
States created	Kingdoms: Westphalia Grand Duchies: Berg \| Frankfurt‡ \| Würzburg Principalities: Aschaffenburg† \| Leyen \| Regensburg†
Pre-existing states	Duchies: Anhalt: Bernburg, Dessau, Köthen \| Arenberg \| Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Strelitz \| Nassau \| Oldenburg \| Saxony: Coburg-Saalfeld, Gotha-Altenburg, Hildburghausen, Meiningen, Weimar, Eisenach, Weimar-Eisenach Principalities:** Hohenzollern: Hechingen, Sigmaringen \| Isenburg-Birstein \| Liechtenstein \| Lippe-Detmold \| Reuß: Ebersdorf, Greiz, Lobenstein, Schleiz \| Salm: Kyrburg, Salm \| Schaumburg-Lippe \| Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen \| Waldeck
* until 1809 ** from 1809 † until 1810 ‡ from 1810

v • d • e States of the German Confederation (1815–66)
Empires	Austria
Kingdoms	Prussia \| Bavaria \| Saxony \| Hanover \| Württemberg
Electorates	Hesse
Grand Duchies	Baden \| Hesse \| Luxembourg \| Mecklenburg-Schwerin \| Mecklenburg-Strelitz \| Oldenburg \| Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Duchies	Anhalt: Bernburg¹, Dessau¹, Köthen² \| Brunswick \| Holstein \| Limburg \| Nassau \| Saxony: Altenburg³, Coburg-Saalfeld⁴, Coburg-Gotha³, Gotha-Altenburg⁴, Hildburghausen⁴, Lauenburg, Meiningen
Principalities	Hesse-Homburg \| Hohenzollern: Hechingen⁵, Sigmaringen⁵ \| Liechtenstein \| Lippe \| Reuß: Elder, Junior \| Schaumburg-Lippe \| Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen \| Waldeck and Pyrmont
City-states	Bremen \| Frankfurt \| Hamburg \| Lübeck
1: Merged to Anhalt from 1863; 2: until 1847; 3: from 1826; 4: until 1826; 5: until 1850

v • d • e States of the North German Confederation (1866–71)
Kingdoms	Prussia \| Saxony
Grand Duchies	Hesse \| Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Strelitz \| Oldenburg \| Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Duchies	Anhalt \| Brunswick \| Saxony: Altenburg, Coburg and Gotha, Meiningen
Principalities	Schaumburg-Lippe \| Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen \| Lippe \| Reuss: Elder, Junior \| Waldeck-Pyrmont
City-states	Bremen \| Hamburg \| Lübeck

v • d • e States of the German Empire (1871–1918)
Kingdoms	Prussia \| Bavaria \| Saxony \| Württemberg
Grand Duchies	Baden \| Hesse \| Mecklenburg: Schwerin, Strelitz \| Oldenburg \| Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Duchies	Anhalt \| Brunswick \| Saxony: Altenburg, Coburg and Gotha, Meiningen
Principalities	Schaumburg-Lippe \| Schwarzburg: Rudolstadt, Sondershausen \| Lippe \| Reuss: Elder, Junior \| Waldeck-Pyrmont
City-states	Bremen \| Hamburg \| Lübeck
Other	Alsace-Lorraine \| Colonial possessions