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Friedrich Wilhelm
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Reign28 March 1743 - 10 March 1746
PredecessorKarl Frederick
SuccessorAnthony Ulrich
Born(1679-02-16)16 February 1679
Ichtershausen
Died10 March 1746(1746-03-10) (aged 67)
Meiningen
HouseSaxe-Meiningen
FatherBernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
MotherMarie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt
ReligionLutheranism

Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (16 February 1679 in Ichtershausen – 10 March 1746 in Meiningen), was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

Life

He was the fifth son of Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his first wife, Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt.

When his father died in 1706, according to his will, he inherited the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen with his older full-brother, Ernst Ludwig I, and his younger half-brother, Anton Ulrich.

But, shortly after, Ernst Ludwig signed a contract between himself and his brothers, and they were compelled to leave full control of the duchy in his hands.

When Ernst Ludwig died (1724), Friedrich Wilhelm and Anton Ulrich took again the government of the duchy as guardians of his nephews until 1733.

After the death of his nephew, Karl Frederick (1743), he inherited the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen.

Friedrich Wilhelm never married and died after only three years of reigning. He was succeeded by his younger half-brother, Anton Ulrich.

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Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen House of Saxe-MeiningenCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 16 February 1679 Died: 10 March 1746 Regnal titles Preceded byKarl Frederick Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 1743–1746 Succeeded byAnton Ulrich


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