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Bernhard II
Photograph of Bernhard II, c. 1871
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Reign24 December 1803 – 20 September 1866
PredecessorGeorg I
SuccessorGeorg II
RegentThe Dowager Duchess
Born(1800-12-17)17 December 1800
Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, Holy Roman Empire
Died3 December 1882(1882-12-03) (aged 81)
Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, German Empire
Spouse
(m. 1825)
IssueGeorg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Augusta, Princess Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg
Names
Bernhard Erich Freund
HouseSaxe-Meiningen
FatherGeorg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
MotherPrincess Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
ReligionLutheranism

Bernhard II (17 December 1800 – 3 December 1882) was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

Family

Bernhard was the only son of Georg I Frederick Karl, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He was a younger brother of Queen Adelaide of the United Kingdom and Ida, Princess Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.[1]

Bernhard succeeded his father when he was three years old (1803); because of this, his mother, the Dowager Duchess Luise Eleonore, acted as regent on his behalf until he reached adulthood in 1821.[1]

Marriage

In Kassel on 23 March 1825, Bernhard married Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). They had two children:

Name Birth Death Notes
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 2 April 1826 25 June 1914 married (1) Princess Charlotte of Prussia; had issue (2) Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg; had issue (3) Ellen Franz; no issue
Augusta Luise Adelaide Karoline Ida 6 August 1843 11 November 1919 married Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg; had issue

On 12 November 1826, after the redistribution of all the family territories after the death of the last Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Bernhard received Hildburghausen and Saalfeld.

Ancestry

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Biografie Georg I (German)". Meininger Museen. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen House of Saxe-MeiningenCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 17 December 1800 Died: 3 December 1882 Regnal titles Preceded byGeorg I Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 1803–1866 Succeeded byGeorg II