August Friedrich Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (

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, 19 November 1754 –

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, 21 July 1782), was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

Family

He was the first son of

Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (Meiningen, 22 October 1687 – Frankfurt, 27 January 1763), was Duke of Saxe-Meiningen from 1746 to 1763. Life Anton Ulrich was born on 22 October 1687 at Meiningen. He was the second but first surviving son ...

and

Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal (11 August 1730, Philippsthal – 7 September 1801, Meiningen), was Duchess and regent from 1763 to 1782 of Saxe-Meiningen. Life Charlotte Amalie was a daughter of Landgrave Charles I of Hesse-Philipps ...

Reign

August Friedrich succeeded his father in the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen (1763) when he was only eight years old. Because of this, his mother, the Dowager Duchess Charlotte Amalie, acted as regent during his minority, which ended in 1779. He was succeeded by his last younger surviving brother,

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Marriage

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on 5 June 1780, Karl Wilhelm married

Louise of Stolberg-Gedern Princess Louise Maximiliane Caroline Emanuel of Stolberg-Gedern (20 September 1752 – 29 January 1824) was the wife of Charles Edward Stuart, the Jacobite claimant to the English and Scottish thrones. The unhappy marriage led her to request f ...

. They had no children. The widowed Louise later married Duke Eugen of Württemberg and had issue.

Ancestry

References

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