George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Georg I Frederick Karl, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Frankfurt, 4 February 1761 - d. Meiningen, 24 December 1803), was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

He was the fourth but second surviving son of Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal.

Georg succeeded his older and childless brother, August Frederick in the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen in 1782.

In Langenburg on 27 November 1782, Georg married Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. After ten years they began to have children, finally having four:
#Adelaide Luise Therese Karoline Amalie (b. Meiningen, 13 August 1792 - d. Bentley Priory, Middlesex, 2 December 1849), married on 11 July 1818 to the Duke of Clarence, later King William IV of the United Kingdom.
#Ida (b. Meiningen, 25 June 1794 - d. Weimar, 4 April 1852), married on 30 May 1816 to Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
#stillborn daughter (Meiningen, 16 October 1796).
#Bernhard II Erich Freund, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Meiningen, 17 December 1800 - d. Meiningen, 3 December 1882).

Ancestry

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1= Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
2= Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
3= Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal
4= Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
5= Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt
6= Karl, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
7= Princess Katherine Christine of Saxe-Eisenach
8= Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
9= Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
10=George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
11=Sophia Eleonore of Saxony
12=Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
13=Katharine Amalie of Solms-Laubach
14=John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
15=Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein