Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

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

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

Life

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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.

Ancestors

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References

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  • Hannelore Schneider: Das Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen unter seinen ersten Herzögen. In: Verona Gerasch (Red.): Beiträge zum Kolloquium: 300 Jahre Schloss Elisabethenburg (= Südthüringer Forschungen. Bd. 27, ISSN 0585-8720). Staatliche Museen, Meiningen 1994, S. 12–19.
  • Ludwig Hertel: Meiningische Geschichte von 1680 bis zur Gegenwart (= Schriften des Vereins für Sachsen-Meiningische Geschichte und Landeskunde. Heft 47, ZDB-ID 513329-4 = Neue Landeskunde des Herzogtums Sachsen-Meiningen. Heft 10). Gadow & Sohn, Hildburghausen 1904, Digitalisat.
Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Cadet branch of the House of Wettin
Born: 16 February 1679 Died: 10 March 1746
Regnal titles
Preceded by Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
1743–1746
Succeeded by