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 Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (7 October 1672 – 24 November 1724) was a German (Saxon) nobleman. Biography He was born in Gotha, the eldest son of Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and his first wife, Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmsta ...

and his first wife,

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 ...

. Karl Friedrich inherited the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen when his father died in 1724, along with his older brother, Ernst Ludwig II, under the guardianship of his uncles Frederick Wilhelm and Anton Ulrich until 1733. When his older brother died unmarried in 1729, Karl Frederick ruled alone until his death. Like his brother, he never married, and, after his death, was succeeded by his uncle, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Ancestry

References

* Hannelore Schneider: ''Das Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen unter seinen ersten Herzögen.'' Südthüringer Forschungen, Heft 27, 300 Jahre Schloss Elisabethenburg, Meiningen 1994. * L. Hertel: ''Meiningische Geschichte von 1680 bis zur Gegenwart.'' Schriften des Vereins für Sachsen-Meiningische Geschichte und Landeskunde, 47. Heft, Hildburghausen 1904. 1712 births 1743 deaths House of Saxe-Meiningen Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen People from Meiningen Princes of Saxe-Meiningen Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland) {{Germany-noble-stub