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Bernhard was born in Köln the third son of Prince Frederick Johann of Saxe-Meiningen and Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld. His father was the second son of Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his mother a daughter of Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld . After the death of his older brother Prince Georg in 1946 his nephew Prince Frederick ...
Bernhard III, Duke von Saxe-Meiningen was the first of four children born to Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his first wife Princess Charlotte of Prussia. Bernhard III married Princess Charlotte of Prussia on February 18, 1878 in Berlin, German Empire, they had one daughter, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen.
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. | Photograph shows Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1851-1928). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Sep 6, 2018 · Georg II was Duke of Saxe-Meiningen from 1866 until his death in 1914. He was born in Meiningen, Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, now in Thuringia, Germany, on April 2, 1826, the only son of Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel. Georg had one younger sister: Princess Auguste (1843-1919) – married Prince Moritz of ...
t. e. Princess Charlotte of Prussia ( German: Victoria Elisabeth Augusta Charlotte Prinzessin von Preußen; 24 July 1860 – 1 October 1919) was Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen from 1914 to 1918 as the wife of Bernhard III, the duchy's last ruler. Born at the Neues Palais in Potsdam, she was the second child and eldest daughter of Prince Frederick of ...
Despite his unequal marriage, Ernst retained his succession rights to the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen. [2] When his older half-brother, the last reigning duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Bernhard III , died on 16 January 1928, Ernst succeeded him as head of the ducal house, but never reigned , since the monarchy was abolished at the end of World War I in 1918.
Sep 2, 2018 · Bernhard II was Duke of Saxe-Meiningen from 1803 until his abdication in 1866. He was born on December 17, 1800, in Meiningen, Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, now in Thuringia, Germany, the youngest child of Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Princess Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Bernhard had two older sisters: Princess Adelheid, Queen ...
