Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Karl Friedrich
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
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Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Reign	1729–1743
Predecessor	Ernst Ludwig II
Successor	Friedrich Wilhelm
Born	(1712-07-18)18 July 1712 Meiningen
Died	Meiningen
House	Saxe-Meiningen
Father	Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Mother	Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha
Religion	Lutheranism

Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (Meiningen, 18 July 1712 – Meiningen, 28 March 1743), was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

He was the fourth but third surviving son of Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his first wife, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

Karl Friedrich inherited the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen when his father died in 1724, along with his older brother, Ernst Ludwig II, under the guardianship of his uncles Frederick Wilhelm and Anton Ulrich until 1733.

When his older brother died unmarried in 1729, Karl Frederick ruled alone until his death.

Like his brother, he never married, and, after his death, was succeeded by his uncle, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Ancestry

16. Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

8. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha

17. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt

4. Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

18. Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

9. Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg

19. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

2. Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

20. Ludwig V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

10. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

21. Magdalena von Brandenburg

5. Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt

22. John George I, Elector of Saxony

11. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony

23. Magdalene Sybille of Prussia

1. Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

24. Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (=16)

12. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (=8)

25. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt (= 17)

6. Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

26. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

13. Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (=9)

27. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony

3. Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

28. John George I, Elector of Saxony (= 22)

14. August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

29. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia (= 23)

7. Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels

30. Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

15. Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

31. Anna Maria of Ostfriesland

References

• Hannelore Schneider: Das Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen unter seinen ersten Herzögen. Südthüringer Forschungen, Heft 27, 300 Jahre Schloss Elisabethenburg, Meiningen 1994.
• L. Hertel: Meiningische Geschichte von 1680 bis zur Gegenwart. Schriften des Vereins für Sachsen-Meiningische Geschichte und Landeskunde, 47. Heft, Hildburghausen 1904.

Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen House of Saxe-Meiningen Cadet branch of the House of Wettin Born: 18 July 1712 Died: 28 March 1743
Regnal titles
Preceded by Ernst Ludwig II	Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 1729–1743	Succeeded by Friedrich Wilhelm