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George I
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Reign	1782-1803
Predecessor	Charles William
Successor	Bernhard II
Spouse	Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Issue
Queen Adelaide of the United Kingdom Ida, Princess Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Bernhard II
Full name
Georg I Frederick Karl
House	House of Saxe-Meiningen
Father	Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Mother	Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal
Born	4 February 1761(1761-02-04) Meiningen
Died	24 December 1803 (aged 42) Meiningen

Georg I Frederick Karl, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Frankfurt, 4 February 1761 - d. Meiningen, 24 December 1803), was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

He was the fourth but second surviving son of Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal.

Georg succeeded his older and childless brother, August Frederick in the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen in 1782.

In Langenburg on 27 November 1782, Georg married Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. After ten years they began to have children, finally having four:

1. Adelaide Luise Therese Karoline Amalie (b. Meiningen, 13 August 1792 - d. Bentley Priory, Middlesex, 2 December 1849), married on 11 July 1818 to the Duke of Clarence, later King William IV of the United Kingdom.
2. Ida (b. Meiningen, 25 June 1794 - d. Weimar, 4 April 1852), married on 30 May 1816 to Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
3. stillborn daughter (Meiningen, 16 October 1796).
4. Bernhard II Erich Freund, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Meiningen, 17 December 1800 - d. Meiningen, 3 December 1882).

[edit] Ancestry

[edit] Literatur

• Andrea Jakob, Meiniger Museen: Herzog Georg I. von Sachsen-Meiningen - Ein Präzedenzfall für den aufgeklärten Absolutismus 2005, Südthüringer Forschungen Heft 33, ISBN 3-910114-06-7