August Friedrich Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
(19 November 1754 – 21 July 1782), was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
Family
He was the first son of
Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and
Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal.
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,
Georg.
Marriage
In
Gedern
Gedern () is a town in the Wetteraukreis district in Hesse, Germany, and historically belongs to Upper Hesse, Oberhessen. It is located northeast of Hanau at the foot of the Vogelsberg Mountains, Vogelsberg, one of the largest inactive volcanoes ...
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
1754 births
1782 deaths
Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen
Nobility from Frankfurt am Main
Princes of Saxe-Meiningen
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