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Prince of Saxe-Meiningen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (Ernst, Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen; 27 September 1859 – 29 December 1941) was the head of the house of Saxe-Meiningen from 1928 until his death.
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Prince of Saxe-Meiningen | |||||
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Head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen | |||||
Tenure | 16 January 1928 – 29 December 1941 | ||||
Predecessor | Bernhard III | ||||
Successor | Prince Georg | ||||
Born | Meiningen | 27 September 1859||||
Died | 29 December 1941 82) Altenstein | (aged||||
Spouse | Katharina Jensen | ||||
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House | Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
Father | Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
Mother | Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
He was born in Meiningen, the eldest son of the heir apparent to the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, Prince Georg and his second wife, HSH Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. His father succeeded to the throne in 1866. Ernst pursued a career in the army and retired as colonel in the Prussian cavalry. He received an honorary doctorate in philosophy from the University of Jena.
Ernst was married, morganatically, in Munich on 20 September 1892, to Katharina Jensen, daughter of the painter Marie and the poet Wilhelm Jensen. Not permitted to share her husband's dynastic title, his wife was created Baroness von Saalfeld on their wedding day by Ernst's father, Georg II.[1] 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. Rather than his own son, Ernst's nephew Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, succeeded him as head of the house following his death at Schloss Altenstein.
Ernst and Katharina had six children:
Ancestors of Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen |
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