Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
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| Georg of Saxe-Meiningen | |
| Born | October 11, 1892 Kassel |
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| Died | January 6, 1946 (aged 53) Siberia |
| Title | Prince of Saxe-Meiningen |
| Spouse | Countess Klara Maria of Korff genannt Schmissing-Kerssenbrock |
| Parents | Prince Frederick Johann of Saxe-Meiningen and Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld |
Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (11 October 1892 - 6 January 1946) was the head of the house of Saxe-Meiningen.
He was born in Kassel the eldest son of Prince Frederick Johann of Saxe-Meiningen and Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1870-1948). His father the second son of Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his mother a daughter of Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld.
After the death of his uncle the last reigning duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Bernhard III in 1928, Georg succeeded to the headship of the house of Saxe-Meiningen and assumed the title of Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and style Georg III. This was only nominal though as Bernhard III lost the duchy in 1918 following the German Revolution.
Georg died in the Russian prisoner of war camp at Tschernpowetz in Siberia. His heir was his second and only surviving son Prince Frederick Alfred who renounced the succession, allowing it to pass to his uncle Bernhard.
[edit] Marriage and children
He was married in Freiburg im Breisgau on 22 February 1919 to Countess Klara Maria of Korff genannt Schmissing-Kerssenbrock (1895-1992). They had four children:
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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| Prince Anton Ulrich | 23 December 1919 | 20 May 1940 | Killed in Action at Albert-sur-Somme during World War II |
| Prince Frederick Alfred | 5 April 1921 | 18 September 1997 | Renounced the succession allowing it to pass to his uncle. A Carthusian monk since 1953. |
| Princess Marie Elisabeth | 18 December 1922 | 31 March 1923 | |
| Princess Regina | 6 January 1925 | married (1951) Otto von Habsburg. |
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Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
Born: 11 October 1892 Died: 6 January 1946 |
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| Preceded by Duke Bernhard III |
— TITULAR — Duke of Saxe-Meiningen January 16, 1928 – January 6, 1946 Reason for succession failure: Duchy abolished in 1918 |
Succeeded by Prince Bernhard |
