Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (16 February 1679 in
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– 10 March 1746 in
Meiningen
Meiningen () is a town in the southern part of the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in the region of Franconia and has a population of around 25,000 (2021). ), was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
Life
He was the fifth 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.
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and his first wife,
Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt
Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt (26 November 1647 in Giessen – 19 April 1680 in Ichtershausen) was a landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen.
Life
She was the youngest daughter of landgrave George ...
.
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
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In 1920 he won the gold medal in the individual free pistol event. And he won two gold medals as member ...
(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
References
* 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, ). 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, = ''Neue Landeskunde des Herzogtums Sachsen-Meiningen.'' Heft 10). Gadow & Sohn, Hildburghausen 1904
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1679 births
1746 deaths
House of Saxe-Meiningen
Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen
People from Ilm-Kreis
Princes of Saxe-Meiningen
Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
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