- Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Gotha,
10 September 1649 - d.Meiningen ,27 April 1706 ) was a duke ofSaxe-Meiningen .He was the sixth but third surviving son of
Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg andElisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg .After the death of his father, in 1675, the duchy was governed by him and his brothers under co-ruling; but the duchy was dividedfive years later (in 1680); for this divisionary treaty, Bernhard received
Meiningen ,Wasungen ,Salzungen ,Untermassfeld ,Frauenbreitungen andIchtershausen . Bernhard became the founder of the Saxe-Meiningen line.The building of an official residence in Meiningen began immediately. The residence was finished in 1692 and was called
Schloss Elisabethenburg , in honor of Bernhard's second wife. Like his brother Ernst, Bernhard's financial stability in his duchy was remarkable. The sales of chamber goods and the additional charge of taxes to the population were the result.Bernhard ordered by will the indivisibility of the duchy, but a "Primogenitur" did not give it. For this, Bernhard's sons governed the duchy jointly after his death.
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Issue
He married in
Schloß Friedenstein , Gotha, on20 November 1671 withMarie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt . They had seven children:
#Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Gotha,7 October 1672 - d. Meiningen,24 November 1724 ).
# Bernhard (b. Gotha,28 October 1673 - d. Brussels,25 October 1694 ).
# Johann Ernst (b. Gotha,29 December 1674 - d. Gotha,8 February 1675 ).
# Marie Elisabeth (b. Ichtershausen,11 August 1676 - d. Ichtershausen,22 December 1676 ).
# Johann Georg (b. Ichtershausen,3 October 1677 - d. Ichtershausen,10 October 1678 ).
#Frederick Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Ichtershausen,16 February 1679 - d. Meiningen,10 March 1746 ).
# Georg Ernst (b. Ichtershausen,26 March 1680 - d. of smallpox, Meiningen,1 January 1699 ).He married secondly in
Schningen on25 January 1681 with Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. They had five children:
# Elisabeth Ernestine (b. Meiningen,3 December 1681 - d. Gandersheim,24 December 1766 ), Abbess ofGandersheim (1713-1766).
# Eleonore Frederika (b. Meiningen,2 March 1683 - d. Meiningen,13 May 1739 ), a nun at Gandersheim.
# Anton August (b. Meiningen,20 June 1684 - d. Meiningen,7 December 1684 ).
# Wilhelmine Luise (b. Meiningen,19 January 1686 - d. Bernstadt,5 October 1753 ), married on20 December 1703 toKarl, Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt .
#Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Meiningen,22 October 1687 - d. Frankfurt,27 January 1763 ).
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