Duke Bernhard IV of Saxe-Meiningen: Difference between revisions

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HRH The Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Titles	Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Reign	6 January 1946 – 4 October 1984
Coronation	17 June 1946
Predecessor	Georg III
Successor	Konrad
Biographical Information
Born	30 June 1901 Cologne, Prussia, Germany
Died	4 October 1984 (aged 83) Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, Germany
Spouse	Margot Grossler (m. 1931; div. 1947) Vera von Bernstein (m. 1948; d. 1984)
Issue	Feodora von Saxe-Meiningen Friedrich Ernst von Saxe-Meiningen Princess Eleonore Konrad Almut, Baroness Braunschweig
Name	Bernhard Friedrich Julius Heinrich
House	Saxe-Meiningen
Father	Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen
Mother	Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld
Religion	Lutheran

General

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Photo	Name	Birth	Death	Marriage
by Margot Grossler
	Feodora von Saxe-Meiningen	27 April 1932		Burkhard Kippenberg (m. 1967); has issue
	Friedrich Ernst von Saxe-Meiningen	21 January 1935	13 July 2004 (aged 69)	Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (m. 1977); had issue
by Vera von Bernstein
	Princess Eleonore	9 November 1950		Unmarried and without issue
	Konrad	14 April 1952		Unmarried and without issue
	Almut, Baroness Braunschweig	25 September 1959		Eberhard, Baron Braunschweig (m. 1993); has issue


Parents	Grandparents	Great-Grandparents	Great-Great-Grandparents
Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen	Duke Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg	Duke Bernhard II of Saxe-Meiningen Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Princess Feodora of Leiningen	Duke Georg I of Saxe-Meiningen Princess Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Elector William II of Hesse Princess Augusta of Prussia Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld	Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld Countess Caroline of Wartensleben	Julius, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld Countess Adelheid of Castell-Castell Leopold Otto, Count of Wartensleben Mathilde Halbach	Ernst, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld Modeste Christiane von Unruh Friedrich, Count of Castell-Castell Princess Emilie of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Casar Alexander, Count of Wartensleben Friederike von Gfug Arnold Halbach Johanna Bohlen

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+|[[Feodora von Saxe-Meiningen]]
+|27 April 1932
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+|[[Burkhard Kippenberg]] (m. 1967); has issue
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+|[[File:House_Saxe-Meiningen.png|frameless|116x116px]]
+|[[Friedrich Ernst von Saxe-Meiningen]]
+|21 January 1935
+|13 July 2004 (aged 69)
+|[[Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (m. 1977); had issue
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+| colspan="5" |by [[Vera von Bernstein]]
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+|[[File:Saxe-Meiningen Eleonore.png|frameless|150x150px]]
+|[[Princess Eleonore of Saxe-Meiningen|Princess Eleonore]]
+|9 November 1950
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+|Unmarried and without issue
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+|[[File:Saxe-Meiningen_Konrad.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
+|[[Duke Konrad of Saxe-Meiningen|Konrad]]
+|14 April 1952
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+|Unmarried and without issue
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+|[[File:Saxe-Meiningen Almut.png|frameless|150x150px]]
+|[[Princess Almut of Saxe-Meiningen|Almut, Baroness Braunschweig]]
+|25 September 1959
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+|[[Eberhard, Baron Braunschweig]] (m. 1993); has issue
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