Saxe-Meiningen (Salic Land)

Saxe-Meiningen (/ˈsæks ˈmaɪnɪŋən/;  German pronunciation:  [ˈzaksən ˈmaɪnɪŋən]) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin dynasty, 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 Ernst der Fromme (Ernest the Pious), the Saxe-Meiningen line of the House of Wettin has ruled for over three hundred years.

List of Dukes

 * Bernhard I (1680–1706)
 * Ernst Ludwig I (1706–24), son of Bernhard I
 * Ernst Ludwig II (1724–29), son of Ernst Ludwig I
 * Karl Friedrich (1729–43), son of Ernst Ludwig I
 * Friedrich Wilhelm (1743–46), son of Bernhard I
 * Anton Ulrich (1746–63), son of Bernhard I
 * Karl Wilhelm (1763–82), son of Anton Ulrich
 * Georg I (1782–1803), son of Anton Ulrich, father of Queen Adelaide
 * Bernhard II (1803–66), son of Georg I
 * Georg II (1866–1914), son of Bernhard II
 * Bernhard III (1914–28) son of Georg II
 * Prince Ernst (1928–1941)
 * Prince Georg III (1941–1946)
 * Prince Bernhard IV (1946–1984)
 * Prince Konrad (1984–present