Luise Eleonore
Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen Regent of Saxe-Meiningen
Tenure	1782-1803
Spouse	George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Issue
Queen Adelaide of the United Kingdom Ida, Princess Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Bernhard II
Full name
Luise Eleonore
Father	Christian Albrecht Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Mother	Karoline of Stolberg-Gedern
Born	11 August 1763(1763-08-11) Langenburg
Died	30 April 1837 (aged 73) Meiningen

Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (11 August 1763, Langenburg - 30 April 1837, Meiningen) was a German noblewoman. She was duchess and (from 1803 to 1821) regent of Saxe-Meiningen.

[edit] Life

Louise Eleonore was a daughter of Prince Christian Albert Louis of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife Princess Karoline of Stolberg-Gedern (1732–1796). On 27 November 1782, in Langenburg, she married duke George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

When her husband died on 24 December 1803, she took over as regent of the duchy for their son Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. The duchy was forced to joined the Confederation of the Rhine during the Napoleonic Wars and provide it with troops, and after the wars the duchy was struck with famine, which Luise sought to prevent by importing wheat. By adjustments in the duchy's administration she ensured the duchy was better managed and in 1821 opened the Gymnasium Bernhardinum in Meiningen (already begun by her husband). Her children were carefully educated, with a grand tour to Italy under their tutor Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. After her son came of age, Luise went on several foreign trips, including one to England to visit her daughter Adelaide.

[edit] Children

• Adelheid (later Adelaide, 1792–1849), with whom Luise had a very close relationship - in 1818 she married king William IV of the United Kingdom and special taxes needed to be instituted in the duchy to raise funds for her enormous dowry
• Ida (1794–1852), married Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
• Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, (1800–1882), married princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1804-1888)

[edit] Bibliography

• (German) L. Hertel, Schriften des Vereins für Sachsen-Meiningische Geschichte und Landeskunde, Hildburghausen 1903