Reign 1743–1746 Successor Anthony Ulrich Name Friedrich Duke | Predecessor Karl Frederick Religion Lutheranism House Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen | |
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Born 16 February 1679
Ichtershausen ( 1679-02-16 ) Father Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Mother Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt Died March 10, 1746, Meiningen, Germany Parents Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt Grandparents Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha Great-grandparents John George I, Elector of Saxony People also search for Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | ||
Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (Ichtershausen, 16 February 1679 – Meiningen, 10 March 1746), was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
Life
He was the fifth son of Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his first wife, Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt.
When his father died in 1706, according to his will, he inherited the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen with his older full-brother, Ernst Ludwig I, and his younger half-brother, Anton Ulrich.
But, shortly after, Ernst Ludwig signed a contract between himself and his brothers, and they were compelled to leave full control of the duchy in his hands.
When Ernst Ludwig died (1724), Friedrich Wilhelm and Anton Ulrich took again the government of the duchy as guardians of his nephews until 1733.
After the death of his nephew, Karl Frederick (1743), he inherited the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen.
Friedrich Wilhelm never married and died after only three years of reigning. He was succeeded by his younger half-brother, Anton Ulrich.