Bernard II of Saxony-Meiningen

See also: Bernard II

Bernard II of Saxony-Meiningen , born the December 17th 1800 with Meiningen, deceased the December 3rd 1882.

Bernard II of Saxony-Meinigen was duke of Saxony-Meiningen of 1803 with 1866.

Wire of Georges Ier of Saxony-Meiningen and Louise Éléonore de Hohenlohe-Langen.

Bernard Ier of Saxony-Meiningen married the March 23rd 1825 Marie Frederique de Hesse-Cassel (1804 - 1888), girl of the voter Guillaume II of Hesse-Cassel)

Two children were born from this union:

Georges II of Saxony-Hildburghausen, duke of Saxony-Meiningen

Augusta Louise of Saxony-Meiningen (1843 - 1919), in 1862 it married Maurice of Saxony-Altenbourg ((1829 - 1907)

Bernard II of Saxony-Meiningen was a prince of the line of the Saxony-Meiningen third branch of the Maison of Wettin, this line belongs to the branch Ernestine founded by Ernest of Saxony. This line is always existing, it is currently represented by the prince Frederic Conrad of Saxony-Meiningen.

At the time of the division of the Saxon territories the November 12th 1826, the Saxony-Hildburghausen and the Saxony-Saalfeld échurent in Bernard II of Saxony-Meiningen. During the war austro-Prussian, Bernard II of Saxony-Meiningen took the party of the Austria, but the Austrian Empire lost this war (Bataille of Sadowa the July 3rd 1866) and Bernard II of Saxony-Meiningen was in the obligation to abdicate in favor of his son Georges II of Saxony-Weimar (1866). Consequently Bernard II of Saxony-Meiningen lived like an ordinary citizen in his own duchy.

Internal bonds

Antoine Ulrich of Saxony-Meiningen

Sources

In. Widkipédia.org

External bonds

Genroy.free.fr

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