Saxe-Meiningen
Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen (1680–1918) Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen | |||||||||
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| 1680–1918 | |||||||||
| Anthem: Meiningen Hymn (“Brothers sing with a loud sound of joy...”) | |||||||||
Saxe-Meiningen within the German Empire | |||||||||
Territories of Saxe-Meiningen within the Ernestine duchies after 1826 | |||||||||
| Status | State of the Holy Roman Empire, (1680-1806) State of the Confederation of the Rhine, (1806-1813) State of the German Confederation, (1815-1866) State of the North German Confederation, (1867-1871) Constituent state of the German Empire (1871-1918) | ||||||||
| Capital | Meiningen | ||||||||
| Government | Duchy (1680–1918) Republic (1918–1920) | ||||||||
| Duke | |||||||||
• 1675–1706 | Bernhard I (first) | ||||||||
• 1914–1918 | Bernhard III (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
• Partitioned from Saxe-Gotha | 1680 | ||||||||
• Acquired Saxe-Hildburghausen | 1826 | ||||||||
| 1918 | |||||||||
• Merged into Thuringia | 1918 | ||||||||
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Saxe-Meiningen (/ˌsæks ˈmaɪnɪŋən/ SAKS MY-ning-ən; German: Sachsen-Meiningen [ˌzaksn̩ ˈmaɪnɪŋən]) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin, located in the southwest of the present-day German state of Thuringia.
Established in 1681, by partition of the Ernestine Duchy of Saxe-Gotha among the seven sons of deceased Duke Ernest the Pious, the Saxe-Meiningen line of the House of Wettin lasted until the end of the German monarchies in 1918.