Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (7 October 1672 – 24 November 1724) was a

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Biography

He was born in

Gotha Gotha () is the fifth-largest city in Thuringia, Germany, west of Erfurt and east of Eisenach with a population of 44,000. The city is the capital of the Gotha (district), district of Gotha and was also a residence of the Ernestine House of Wet ...

, the eldest son of

Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (Gotha, 10 September 1649 – Meiningen, 27 April 1706) was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen. He was the sixth but third surviving son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg ...

, and his first wife, Marie Hedwig of

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. After the death of his father in 1706, Ernst Ludwig inherited the duchy of

Saxe-Meiningen Saxe-Meiningen (; german: Sachsen-Meiningen ) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin dynasty, located in the southwest of the present-day German state of Thuringia. Established in 1681, by partition of the Ernest ...

jointly with his brother, Frederick Wilhelm, and his half-brother, Anton Ulrich. His father, in his will, had stipulated that the duchy never be divided and that it be governed jointly by his sons. The oldest brother, Ernst Ludwig, strove to establish autonomy for himself and his descendants. Immediately after the death of his father, Ernst Ludwig signed a contract with his brothers; in consideration of certain inducements, the brothers had to leave the government of the duchy in his hands. This introduction of '' primogeniture'' failed, however; his brothers managed to govern again after Ernst Ludwig's death, acting as guardians for his sons. Ernst Ludwig married

Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (22 January 1674 – 18 April 1713) was Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen as the first wife of Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. She was the daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and his f ...

, his cousin in

on 19 September 1704. They had five children: # Josef Bernhard (b. Meiningen, 27 May 1706 – d.

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, 22 March 1724). # Friedrich August (b. Meiningen, 4 November 1707 – d. Meiningen, 25 December 1707). #

Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (Coburg Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular ...

(b.

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, 8 August 1709 – d. Meiningen, 24 February 1729). # Luise Dorothea (b. Meiningen, 10 August 1710 – d.

, 22 October 1767), married on 17 September 1729 to

Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (14 April 1699 – 10 March 1772), was a duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Biography He was born in Gotha, the eldest son of Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Magdalene Augusta of Anhalt-Zerb ...

. #

Karl Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 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 Mar ...

(b. Meiningen, 18 July 1712 – d. Meiningen, 28 March 1743). In Schloss Ehrenburg,

on 3 June 1714, Ernst Ludwig married his second wife,

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. They had no children. He died in Meiningen in 1724.

Ancestors

References

* Ludwig Bechstein: ''Mittheilungen aus dem Leben der Herzoge zu Sachsen Meiningen'' S. 36 ff.
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* Hannelore Schneider: ''Das Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen unter seinen ersten Herzögen.'' In: ''300 Jahre Schloss Elisabethenburg''. Südthüringer Forschungen, Heft 27, Meiningen 1994. * Alfred Erck, Hannelore Schneider: ''Musiker und Monarchen in Meiningen 1680 bis 1763'', Bielsteinverlag, 2006 * L. Hertel: ''Meiningische Geschichte von 1680 bis zur Gegenwart.'' Schriften des Vereins für Sachsen-Meiningische Geschichte und Landeskunde, 47. Heft, Hildburghausen 1904. * David Voit: ''Das Herzogthum Sachsen-Meiningen'', Storch & Klett, 1844 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ernst Ludwig 01 of Saxe-Meiningen, Duke 1672 births 1724 deaths House of Saxe-Meiningen Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen People from Gotha (town) Princes of Saxe-Meiningen Generals of the Holy Roman Empire