Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (Coburg, 8 August 1709 – Meiningen, 24 February 1729), was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

Ernest Louis II
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Reign	1724–1729
Predecessor	Ernest Louis I
Successor	Charles Frederick
Born	8 August 1709 Coburg
Died	24 February 1729 (aged 19) Meiningen
House	Saxe-Meiningen
Father	Ernest Louis I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Mother	Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha
Religion	Lutheranism

He was the third but second surviving son of Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his first wife, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha.

The death of his older brother Josef Bernhard (22 March 1724) made him the heir to the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen. When his father died seven months later (24 November 1724), Ernst Ludwig - fifteen years old- inherited the duchy along with his younger brother Karl Frederick.

Because the two princes were under age when their father died, their uncles Frederik Wilhelm and Anton Ulrich served as their guardians until 1733.

Ernst Ludwig died after reigning five years, only twenty years old and unmarried. He was succeeded by his younger brother, Karl Frederick.

Ancestry

16. Johann, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

8. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha

17. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt

4. Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

18. Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

9. Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg

19. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

2. Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

20. Ludwig V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

10. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

21. Magdalena von Brandenburg

5. Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt

22. John George I, Elector of Saxony

11. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony

23. Magdalene Sybille of Prussia

1. Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

24. Johann, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (=16)

12. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (=8)

25. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt (= 17)

6. Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

26. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

13. Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (=9)

27. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony

3. Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha

28. John George I, Elector of Saxony (= 22)

14. August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

29. Magdalene Sybille of Prussia (= 23)

7. Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels

30. Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

15. Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

31. Anna Maria of Ostfriesland

References

• Hannelore Schneider: Das Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen unter seinen ersten Herzögen. In: Verona Gerasch (Red.): Beiträge zum Kolloquium: 300 Jahre Schloss Elisabethenburg (= Südthüringer Forschungen. Bd. 27, ISSN 0585-8720). Staatliche Museen, Meiningen 1994, S. 12–19.
• Ludwig Hertel: Meiningische Geschichte von 1680 bis zur Gegenwart (= Schriften des Vereins für Sachsen-Meiningische Geschichte und Landeskunde. Heft 47, ZDB-ID 513329-4 = Neue Landeskunde des Herzogtums Sachsen-Meiningen. Heft 10). Gadow & Sohn, Hildburghausen 1904, Digitalisat.