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Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

1649–1706 · 17th century

Bernhard I was the first Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, third son of Ernest the Pious of Saxe-Gotha. In the 1680 partition of his father's lands he received Meiningen in the Werra valley, made the small town his residence and built Elisabethenburg Palace. His Ernestine duchy survived as a German state until 1920.

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bernhard-i-duke-of-saxe-meiningen
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