Ernest Frederick III
| Ernest Frederick III | |||||
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Portrait by Johann Valentin Tischbein, c. 1750 | |||||
| Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen | |||||
| Reign | 13 August 1745 – 23 September 1780 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ernest Frederick II | ||||
| Successor | Frederick | ||||
| Regent | The Dowager Duchess | ||||
| Born | 10 June 1727 Königsberg, Bavaria | ||||
| Died | 23 September 1780 (aged 53) Seidingstadt | ||||
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| Issue | Princess Juliane Princess Marie Ernestine, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Princess Christine Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen | ||||
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| House | Saxe-Hildburghausen | ||||
| Father | Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen | ||||
| Mother | Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau | ||||
| Religion | Lutheranism | ||||
Ernest Frederick III Karl (10 June 1727 in Königsberg in Bayern – 23 September 1780 in Seidingstadt), was a duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.