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Saxe-Meiningen (săks-mīn`ĭng-ən), Ger. Sachsen-Meiningen, former duchy, Thuringia, central Germany. The capital was Meiningen Meiningen (mīn`ĭng-ən), city (1994 pop. 24,589), Thuringia, E central Germany, on the Werra River.
..... Click the link for more information. . A possession of the Ernestine branch of the house of Wettin Wettin (vĕt`ĭn), German dynasty, which ruled in Saxony, Thuringia, Poland, Great Britain, Belgium, and Bulgaria.
..... Click the link for more information. , it became a separate duchy in 1681 under Bernard, third son of Ernest the Pious of Saxe-Gotha Saxe-Gotha (săks-gō`thə), Ger. Sachsen-Gotha, former duchy, Thuringia, central Germany.
..... Click the link for more information. . In the dynastic rearrangement that followed the extinction (1825) of the male line of Saxe-Gotha, the duke of Saxe-Meiningen received (1826) Saxe-Saalfeld from the duke of Saxe-Coburg (who obtained Gotha instead) and Saxe-Hildburghausen (whose duke was compensated with Saxe-Altenburg). Saxe-Meiningen sided (1866) with Austria in the Austro-Prussian War. The last duke abdicated in 1918, and in 1920 Saxe-Meiningen was incorporated into Thuringia. For the theatrical company organized by Duke George II of Saxe-Meiningen, see Meiningen Players.