Konrad, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen

Konrad
Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
Head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen
Period	4 October 1984 - present
Predecessor	Prince Bernhard
Full name
Johann Friedrich Konrad Carl Eduard Horst Arnold Matthias
House	House of Saxe-Meiningen
Father	Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
Mother	Baroness Vera Schäffer of Bernstein
Born	14 April 1952 (1952-04-14) (age 59) Ziegenberg, Germany

Konrad, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, Duke of Saxony (Given names: Johann Friedrich Konrad Carl Eduard Horst Arnold Matthias; German: Konrad, Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen, Herzog zu Sachsen; born 14 April 1952) is a German businessman and the current head of the Ducal House of Saxe-Meiningen.^[1]

Prince of Saxe-Meiningen

Prince Konrad was born in Ziegenberg, Hesse the younger son of Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen. However he is the only son by his fathers dynastic second wife Baroness Vera Schäffer von Bernstein (1914–1994). Although only the second son Prince Konrad was heir to the headship of the House of Saxe-Meiningen because his father's first marriage to commoner Margot Grössler was morganatic, as such his older half brother Prince Friedrich Ernst did not have dynastic rights.^[1]

Upon the death of his father on 4 October 1984, Prince Konrad succeeded to headship of the House of Saxe-Meiningen. Since becoming head of the house he is sometimes given the title Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.^[1][2][3] In 1996 Prince Konrad began legal proceedings against the Russian government seeking the rehabilitation of property that had been expropriated after World War II by the Soviet Union.^[2]

Prince Konrad is unmarried and has no issue. His closet male relative is his nephew Prince Constantin (b 1980), son of his half brother Prince Friedrich Ernst. Other male relatives are the Barons von Saalfeld, morganatic descendants of Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen.

Education and career

Prince Konrad studied economics at the University of Heidelberg and business management at University of Göttingen.^[4]

Professionally Prince Konrad is a qualified banker who has worked for various banks as an analyst. Since 1998 he has been an independent advisor specialising in the restructuring of companies, he has also spent time working in the air and car industries.^[5] Currently Prince Konrad is a partner in the Rudolf Döring Law Firm^[3] and since 2007 he has been Managing Director of GWP German Wind Power GmbH.^[5]

Titles and styles

• His Highness Prince Konrad of Saxe-Meiningen, Duke of Saxony, Jülich, Cleves and Berg, of Engern and Westphalia, Prince of Saalfeld, Landgrave in Thuringia, Margrave of Meissen, Count of Henneberg, Camburg, of the March and Ravensberg, Lord of Kranichfeld, Ravenstein etc.

Ancestry

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Saxony". Almanach de Gotha (186th ed.). Almanach de Gotha. 2003. pp. 329, 330. ISBN 0953214249. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Russische Justiz rehabilitiert das Haus Meiningen". Berliner Zeitung. 16 October 1996. http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1996/1016/seite1/0109/index.html. Retrieved 12 April 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "In Kooperation mit". Rudolf Döring. http://www.rudolf-doering.de/kooperationspartner.htm. Retrieved 12 April 2011. 
4. ^ "Konrad Sachsen-Meiningen's Public Profile". Plaxo. http://www.plaxo.com/directory/profile/167504055597/5c9739cc/Konrad/Sachsen-Meiningen. Retrieved 12 April 2011. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Our People". GWP German Wind Power GmbH. http://www.gloqal.com/gwp/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=5. Retrieved 12 April 2011. 

External links

• Online Gotha
• A photograph of Prince Konrad

Konrad, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen House of Saxe-Meiningen Cadet branch of the House of Wettin Born: 14 April 1952
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Prince Bernhard	— TITULAR — Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 4 October 1984 – present Reason for succession failure: Duchy abolished in 1918	Incumbent
British royalty
Preceded by Robert Schmidt Dörries	Line of succession to the British Throne	Succeeded by Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen

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Name	Konrad Of Saxe-Meiningen, Prince
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Date of birth	14 April 1952
Place of birth	Ziegenberg, Germany
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