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Bernhard II (17 December 1800 – 3 December 1882) was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
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Bernhard II | |||||
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![]() Photograph of Bernhard II, c. 1871 | |||||
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | |||||
Reign | 24 December 1803 – 20 September 1866 | ||||
Predecessor | Georg I | ||||
Successor | Georg II | ||||
Regent | The Dowager Duchess | ||||
Born | Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, Holy Roman Empire | 17 December 1800||||
Died | 3 December 1882 81) Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, German Empire | (aged||||
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Issue | Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Augusta, Princess Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg | ||||
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House | Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
Father | Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
Mother | Princess Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | ||||
Religion | Lutheranism |
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]
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 |
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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.
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