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  1. George I (German: Georg Friedrich Karl; 4 February 1761 – 24 December 1803), was Duke of Saxe-Meiningen from 21 July 1782 until his death in 1803. He was known as a reformer and considered a model prince by many of his peers.

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    House of Wettin

    The Wettiner had been the rulers of sizeable holdings in today's states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia since the Middle Ages. In the Leipziger Teilung of 1485, the Wettiner were split into two branches named after their founding princes Albrecht and Ernst (albertinisch and ernestinisch). Thuringia was part of the Ernestine holdings of Kursachsen (the Electorate of Saxony). In 1572, the branches Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach and Saxe-Weimar were established there. The senior line again split in...

    Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen

    Bernhard, Ernst I's third son, received the town of Meiningen as well as several other holdings (Wasungen und Salzungen, Maßfeld und Sand, Herrenbreitungen, Herpf, Stepfershausen, Utendorf, Mehlis and the former Franconian lands of the extinct House of Henneberg, Henneberg). Bernhard chose the town of Meiningen as his residence and became the first duke of Saxe-Meiningen. From 1682 Duke Bernhard I had the Schloss Elisabethenburg built and in 1690 established a court orchestra (Hofkapelle), in...

    End of the Duchy

    In the German Revolution after World War I, Duke Bernhard III, brother-in-law of Emperor Wilhelm II, was forced to abdicate and his brother Ernst on 11/12 November 1918 refused the succession. The succeeding "Free State of Saxe-Meiningen" was merged into the new state of Thuringiaon 1 May 1920.

    Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Saxe-Meiningen" . Encyclopædia Britannica(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

  2. Pour les articles homonymes, voir Georges II . Georges II de Saxe-Meiningen et Hildburgausen, surnommé « le duc de théâtre », né à Meiningen le 2 avril 1826, décédé à Bad Wildungen le 25 juin 1914 est duc de Saxe-Meiningen de 1866 à 1914, de Saxe-Meiningen et Hildburghausen de 1826 à 1914 .

  3. Biographie. Georges Ier de Saxe-Meiningen est duc de Saxe-Meiningen de 1782 à 1803. La lignée des Saxe-Meiningen appartient à la troisième branche de la Maison de Wettin, cette lignée appartient à la branche Ernestine fondée par Ernest de Saxe.