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vévodství – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Sasko-meiningenské vévodství" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertugd%C3%B8mmet_Sachsen-Meiningen" title="Hertugdømmet Sachsen-Meiningen – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Hertugdømmet Sachsen-Meiningen" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herzogtum_Sachsen-Meiningen" title="Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saksi-Meiningeni_hertsogiriik" title="Saksi-Meiningeni hertsogiriik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Saksi-Meiningeni hertsogiriik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%BE%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CE%9C%CE%AC%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%BD" title="Σαξονία-Μάινινγκεν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σαξονία-Μάινινγκεν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducado_de_Sajonia-Meiningen" title="Ducado de Sajonia-Meiningen – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ducado de Sajonia-Meiningen" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saksio-Meiningen" title="Saksio-Meiningen – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Saksio-Meiningen" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duch%C3%A9_de_Saxe-Meiningen" title="Duché de Saxe-Meiningen – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Duché de Saxe-Meiningen" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di%C3%B9cachd_Sagsainn-Meiningen" title="Diùcachd Sagsainn-Meiningen – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Diùcachd Sagsainn-Meiningen" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%91%EC%84%BC%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B4%EB%8B%9D%EA%B2%90_%EA%B3%B5%EA%B5%AD" title="작센마이닝겐 공국 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="작센마이닝겐 공국" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachsen-Meiningen" title="Sachsen-Meiningen – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sachsen-Meiningen" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassonia-Meiningen" title="Sassonia-Meiningen – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sassonia-Meiningen" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%9F" title="דוכסות סקסוניה-מיינינגן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דוכסות סקסוניה-מיינינגן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxonia-Meiningen" title="Saxonia-Meiningen – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Saxonia-Meiningen" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0-%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Саксонија-Мајнинген – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Саксонија-Мајнинген" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertogdom_Saksen-Meiningen" title="Hertogdom Saksen-Meiningen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Hertogdom Saksen-Meiningen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B2%E3%83%B3%E5%85%AC%E5%9B%BD" title="ザクセン＝マイニンゲン公国 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ザクセン＝マイニンゲン公国" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachsen-Meiningen" title="Sachsen-Meiningen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sachsen-Meiningen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saksonia-Meiningen_i_Hildburghausen" title="Saksonia-Meiningen i Hildburghausen – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Saksonia-Meiningen i Hildburghausen" 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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr"><div class="fn org country-name">Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen <small>(1680–1918)</small><br /><small><i>Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen</i></small><hr />Free State of Saxe-Meiningen <small>(1918–1920)</small><br /><small><i>Freistaat Sachsen-Meiningen</i></small></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">1680–1920</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding-left:5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flagge_Herzogtum_Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha_(1826-1911).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Saxe-Meiningen"><img alt="Flag of Saxe-Meiningen" 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exist)">Meiningen Hymn</a><br />(“Brothers sing with a loud sound of joy...”)<br /><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="194" data-mwtitle="Marsch_von_Erbprinzessin_Charlotte_von_Sachsen-Meiningen.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/Marsch_von_Erbprinzessin_Charlotte_von_Sachsen-Meiningen.wav/Marsch_von_Erbprinzessin_Charlotte_von_Sachsen-Meiningen.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/Marsch_von_Erbprinzessin_Charlotte_von_Sachsen-Meiningen.wav/Marsch_von_Erbprinzessin_Charlotte_von_Sachsen-Meiningen.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" 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data-file-height="1552" /></a></span><div class="ib-country-map-caption">Territories of Saxe-Meiningen within the <a href="/wiki/Ernestine_duchies" title="Ernestine duchies">Ernestine duchies</a> after 1826</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/States_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="States of the Holy Roman Empire">State</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/States_of_the_Confederation_of_the_Rhine" class="mw-redirect" title="States of the Confederation of the Rhine">State</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_the_Rhine" title="Confederation of the Rhine">Confederation of the Rhine</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/States_of_the_German_Confederation" title="States of the German Confederation">State</a> of the <a href="/wiki/German_Confederation" title="German Confederation">German Confederation</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/States_of_the_North_German_Confederation" class="mw-redirect" title="States of the North German Confederation">State</a> of the <a href="/wiki/North_German_Confederation" title="North German Confederation">North German Confederation</a>, <br /><a href="/wiki/States_of_the_German_Empire" title="States of the German Empire">Constituent state</a> of the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Meiningen" title="Meiningen">Meiningen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Duchy" title="Duchy">Duchy</a> (1680–1918)<br /><a href="/wiki/Republic" title="Republic">Republic</a> (1918–1920)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Duke</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1675–1706 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bernhard_I,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" title="Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Bernhard I</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(first)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1914–1918 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bernhard_III_Frederick_Wilhelm_Albrecht_Georg,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernhard III Frederick Wilhelm Albrecht Georg, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Bernhard III</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(last)</span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Historical era</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Early_modern_period" title="Early modern period">Early modern period</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Partitioned from <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Gotha" title="Saxe-Gotha">Saxe-Gotha</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1680</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Acquired <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Hildburghausen" title="Saxe-Hildburghausen">Saxe-Hildburghausen</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1826</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/German_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="German Revolution">German Revolution</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1918</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Merged into Thuringia </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1920</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Coat_of_arms_of_Saxony.svg/20px-Coat_of_arms_of_Saxony.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="23" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Coat_of_arms_of_Saxony.svg/30px-Coat_of_arms_of_Saxony.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Coat_of_arms_of_Saxony.svg/40px-Coat_of_arms_of_Saxony.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="576" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Gotha" title="Saxe-Gotha">Saxe-Gotha</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Thuringia" title="Thuringia">Thuringia</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Thuringia_%28state%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_Thuringia_%28state%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Thuringia_%28state%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Thuringia_%28state%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Thuringia_%28state%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Thuringia_%28state%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Saxe-Meiningen</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ŋ/: 'ng' in 'sing'">ŋ</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">SAKS</span> <span style="font-size:90%">MY</span>-ning-ən</i></a>; <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Sachsen-Meiningen</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="de-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[ˌzaksn̩<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈmaɪnɪŋən]</a></span>) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the <a href="/wiki/Ernestine_duchies" title="Ernestine duchies">Ernestine</a> line of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Wettin" title="House of Wettin">House of Wettin</a>, located in the southwest of the present-day <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> state of <a href="/wiki/Thuringia" title="Thuringia">Thuringia</a>. </p><p>Established in 1681,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by partition of the Ernestine Duchy of <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Gotha" title="Saxe-Gotha">Saxe-Gotha</a> among the seven sons of deceased Duke <a href="/wiki/Ernest_I,_Duke_of_Saxe-Gotha" title="Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha">Ernest the Pious</a>, the Saxe-Meiningen line of the House of Wettin lasted until the end of the German monarchies in 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-Museum_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saxe-Meiningen&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GER-TH-SM-Meiningen_(Schloss_Elisabethenburg,_Blick_von_Osten)_%E2%80%94_2009_uploaded_2011-09-24.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/GER-TH-SM-Meiningen_%28Schloss_Elisabethenburg%2C_Blick_von_Osten%29_%E2%80%94_2009_uploaded_2011-09-24.jpg/220px-GER-TH-SM-Meiningen_%28Schloss_Elisabethenburg%2C_Blick_von_Osten%29_%E2%80%94_2009_uploaded_2011-09-24.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/GER-TH-SM-Meiningen_%28Schloss_Elisabethenburg%2C_Blick_von_Osten%29_%E2%80%94_2009_uploaded_2011-09-24.jpg/330px-GER-TH-SM-Meiningen_%28Schloss_Elisabethenburg%2C_Blick_von_Osten%29_%E2%80%94_2009_uploaded_2011-09-24.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/GER-TH-SM-Meiningen_%28Schloss_Elisabethenburg%2C_Blick_von_Osten%29_%E2%80%94_2009_uploaded_2011-09-24.jpg/440px-GER-TH-SM-Meiningen_%28Schloss_Elisabethenburg%2C_Blick_von_Osten%29_%E2%80%94_2009_uploaded_2011-09-24.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4040" data-file-height="2695" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Elisabethenburg_Palace" title="Elisabethenburg Palace">Elisabethenburg Palace</a>, residence of the Duchy since 1682</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="House_of_Wettin">House of Wettin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saxe-Meiningen&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: House of Wettin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/House_of_Wettin" title="House of Wettin">Wettiner</a> had been the rulers of sizeable holdings in today's states of <a href="/wiki/Saxony" title="Saxony">Saxony</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saxony-Anhalt" title="Saxony-Anhalt">Saxony-Anhalt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thuringia" title="Thuringia">Thuringia</a> since the Middle Ages. In the <i><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Leipzig" title="Treaty of Leipzig">Leipziger Teilung</a></i> of 1485, the Wettiner were split into two branches named after their founding princes <a href="/wiki/Albert_III,_Duke_of_Saxony" title="Albert III, Duke of Saxony">Albrecht</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ernest,_Elector_of_Saxony" title="Ernest, Elector of Saxony">Ernst</a> (<i>albertinisch</i> and <i>ernestinisch</i>). Thuringia was part of the Ernestine holdings of <i>Kursachsen</i> (the <a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Saxony" title="Electorate of Saxony">Electorate of Saxony</a>). In 1572, the branches <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach" title="Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach">Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Weimar" title="Saxe-Weimar">Saxe-Weimar</a> were established there. The senior line again split in 1641/41 into three duchies, including the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Saxe-Gotha" class="mw-redirect" title="Duchy of Saxe-Gotha">Duchy of Saxe-Gotha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Museum_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ernest_I,_Duke_of_Saxe-Gotha" title="Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha">Duke Ernst I</a> who founded this duchy with its seat at <a href="/wiki/Gotha" title="Gotha">Gotha</a> opposed the system of <a href="/wiki/Primogeniture" title="Primogeniture">primogeniture</a>. As a result, on his death in 1675 all of his sons inherited part of his holdings and were supposed to rule under the leadership of his oldest son. In practice, this proved very complicated and brought on three settlements in 1679, 1680 and 1681 that established the following princedoms: Saxe-Gotha (<a href="/wiki/Frederick_I,_Duke_of_Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg" title="Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg">Friedrich</a>), <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Coburg" title="Saxe-Coburg">Saxe-Coburg</a> (<a href="/wiki/Albert_V,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg" title="Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg">Albrecht</a>), Saxe-Meiningen (Bernhard), <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Eisenberg" title="Saxe-Eisenberg">Saxe-Eisenberg</a> (<a href="/wiki/Christian,_Duke_of_Saxe-Eisenberg" title="Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg">Christian</a>), <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Hildburghausen" title="Saxe-Hildburghausen">Saxe-Hildburghausen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ernest,_Duke_of_Saxe-Hildburghausen" title="Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen">Ernst</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Saalfeld" title="Saxe-Saalfeld">Saxe-Saalfeld</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_Ernest_IV,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld" class="mw-redirect" title="John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld">Johann Ernst</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Museum_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Duchy_of_Saxe-Meiningen">Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saxe-Meiningen&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bernhard_I,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" title="Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Bernhard</a>, Ernst I's third son, received the town of <a href="/wiki/Meiningen" title="Meiningen">Meiningen</a> as well as several other holdings (<a href="/wiki/Wasungen" title="Wasungen">Wasungen</a> und Salzungen, Maßfeld und Sand, Herrenbreitungen, Herpf, Stepfershausen, Utendorf, Mehlis and the former <a href="/wiki/Franconia" title="Franconia">Franconian</a> lands of the extinct <a href="/wiki/House_of_Henneberg" title="House of Henneberg">House of Henneberg</a>, Henneberg).<sup id="cite_ref-Museum_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bernhard chose the town of Meiningen as his residence and became the first duke of Saxe-Meiningen. From 1682 Duke Bernhard I had the <a href="/wiki/Schloss_Elisabethenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Schloss Elisabethenburg">Schloss Elisabethenburg</a> built and in 1690 established a court orchestra (<i>Hofkapelle</i>), in which <a href="/wiki/Johann_Ludwig_Bach" title="Johann Ludwig Bach">Johann Ludwig Bach</a> later became the <i><a href="/wiki/Kapellmeister" title="Kapellmeister">Kapellmeister</a></i> (1711). </p><p>In the reshuffle of Ernestine territories that occurred following the extinction of the <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg" title="Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg">Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg</a> line upon the death of Duke <a href="/wiki/Frederick_IV,_Duke_of_Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg" title="Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg">Frederick IV</a> in 1825, Duke <a href="/wiki/Bernhard_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" title="Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Bernhard II of Saxe-Meiningen</a> received the lands of the former Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen as well as the <a href="/wiki/Saalfeld" title="Saalfeld">Saalfeld</a> territory of the former <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld" title="Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld">Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld</a> duchy. </p><p>As Bernhard II had supported <a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire">Austria</a> in the 1866 <a href="/wiki/Austro-Prussian_War" title="Austro-Prussian War">Austro-Prussian War</a>, the prime minister of victorious <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck" title="Otto von Bismarck">Otto von Bismarck</a>, enforced his abdication in favour of his son <a href="/wiki/George_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" title="George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">George II</a>, after which Saxe-Meiningen was admitted to join the <a href="/wiki/North_German_Confederation" title="North German Confederation">North German Confederation</a>. </p><p>By 1910, the duchy had grown to 2,468 km<sup>2</sup> (953 sq mi) and 278,762 inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-Museum_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ducal summer residence was at <a href="/wiki/Altenstein_Palace" title="Altenstein Palace">Altenstein</a> Castle. Since 1868, the duchy comprised the <i>Kreise</i> (districts) of <a href="/wiki/Hildburghausen" title="Hildburghausen">Hildburghausen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonneberg" title="Sonneberg">Sonneberg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saalfeld" title="Saalfeld">Saalfeld</a> as well as the northern <a href="/wiki/Enclave_and_exclave" title="Enclave and exclave">exclaves</a> of <a href="/wiki/Camburg" title="Camburg">Camburg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kranichfeld" title="Kranichfeld">Kranichfeld</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="End_of_the_Duchy">End of the Duchy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saxe-Meiningen&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: End of the Duchy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/German_Revolution_of_1918%E2%80%9319" class="mw-redirect" title="German Revolution of 1918–19">German Revolution</a> after <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, Duke <a href="/wiki/Bernhard_III,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" title="Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Bernhard III</a>, brother-in-law of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_II,_German_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelm II, German Emperor">Wilhelm II</a>, was forced to abdicate and his brother Ernst on 11/12 November 1918 refused the succession. The succeeding "Free State of Saxe-Meiningen" was merged into the new state of <a href="/wiki/Thuringia" title="Thuringia">Thuringia</a> on 1 May 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-Museum_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dukes_of_Saxe-Meiningen">Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saxe-Meiningen&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beechey,_William_-_Adelaide_of_Saxe-Meiningen_-_NPG_1533.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Beechey%2C_William_-_Adelaide_of_Saxe-Meiningen_-_NPG_1533.jpg/150px-Beechey%2C_William_-_Adelaide_of_Saxe-Meiningen_-_NPG_1533.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Beechey%2C_William_-_Adelaide_of_Saxe-Meiningen_-_NPG_1533.jpg/225px-Beechey%2C_William_-_Adelaide_of_Saxe-Meiningen_-_NPG_1533.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Beechey%2C_William_-_Adelaide_of_Saxe-Meiningen_-_NPG_1533.jpg/300px-Beechey%2C_William_-_Adelaide_of_Saxe-Meiningen_-_NPG_1533.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3131" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_of_Saxe-Meiningen" title="Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen">Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen</a> (1792–1849), <a href="/wiki/Queen_Consort" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Consort">Queen Consort</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hanover" title="Kingdom of Hanover">Hanover</a>, spouse of <a href="/wiki/William_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="William IV of the United Kingdom">William IV</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GeorgIISaxe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/60/GeorgIISaxe.jpg/150px-GeorgIISaxe.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/60/GeorgIISaxe.jpg/225px-GeorgIISaxe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/60/GeorgIISaxe.jpg/300px-GeorgIISaxe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1525" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Georg_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" class="mw-redirect" title="Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen</a> (1866–1914)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bernhard_I,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" title="Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Bernhard I</a> (1680–1706)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst_Ludwig_I,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Ernst Ludwig I</a> (1706–24), son of Bernhard I</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst_Ludwig_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Ernst Ludwig II</a> (1724–29), son of Ernst Ludwig I</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Frederick,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" class="mw-redirect" title="Karl Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Karl Friedrich</a> (1729–43), son of Ernst Ludwig I</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Wilhelm,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Friedrich Wilhelm</a> (1743–46), son of Bernhard I</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anton_Ulrich,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" title="Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Anton Ulrich</a> (1746–63), son of Bernhard I</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_Frederick_Karl_Wilhelm,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" class="mw-redirect" title="August Frederick Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Karl Wilhelm</a> (1763–82), son of Anton Ulrich</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_I,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" title="George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">George I</a> (1782–1803), son of Anton Ulrich, father of <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_of_Saxe-Meiningen" title="Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen">Queen Adelaide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernhard_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" title="Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Bernhard II</a> (1803–66), son of Georg I</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" title="George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Georg II</a> (1866–1914), son of Bernhard II</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernhard_III,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen" title="Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen">Bernhard III</a> (1914–18), son of George II<sup id="cite_ref-Museum_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Notes: </p> <ul><li>Friedrich Wilhelm and <a href="/wiki/Frederick_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg" title="Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg">Friedrich II of Saxe-Gotha</a> reigned as guardians for the minor Karl Friedrich in 1729–1733</li> <li>Friedrich Wilhelm and Anton Ulrich reigned jointly in 1743–46</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Amalie_of_Hesse-Philippsthal" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal">Charlotte Amalie</a> reigned as regent/guardian for the minors Karl Wilhelm und Georg I in 1763–82</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luise_Eleonore_of_Hohenlohe-Langenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg">Luise Eleonore</a> reigned as regent/guardian for the minor Bernhard II in 1803–1821</li> <li>Dukedom abolished in 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-Museum_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museum-2"><span 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title="Kingdom of Württemberg">Württemberg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;font-weight:normal;">Grand Duchies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Baden" title="Grand Duchy of Baden">Baden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Hesse" title="Grand Duchy of Hesse">Hesse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;font-weight:normal;">Duchies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Nassau" title="Duchy of Nassau">Nassau</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rheinbund_1812,_political_map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of the Confederation of the Rhine"><img alt="Map of the Confederation of the Rhine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Rheinbund_1812%2C_political_map.png/175px-Rheinbund_1812%2C_political_map.png" decoding="async" width="175" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Rheinbund_1812%2C_political_map.png/263px-Rheinbund_1812%2C_political_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Rheinbund_1812%2C_political_map.png/350px-Rheinbund_1812%2C_political_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1243" data-file-height="1420" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">States created</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;font-weight:normal;">Kingdoms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Westphalia" title="Kingdom of Westphalia">Westphalia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;font-weight:normal;">Grand Duchies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Berg" title="Grand Duchy of Berg">Berg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Frankfurt" title="Grand Duchy of Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_W%C3%BCrzburg" title="Grand Duchy of Würzburg">Würzburg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;font-weight:normal;">Principalities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Aschaffenburg" title="Principality of Aschaffenburg">Aschaffenburg</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Leyen" title="Principality of Leyen">Leyen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Regensburg" title="Principality of Regensburg">Regensburg</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-existing<br />states</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ernestine_duchies" title="Ernestine duchies">Saxon duchies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld" title="Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld">Coburg-Saalfeld</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg" title="Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg">Gotha-Altenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Hildburghausen" title="Saxe-Hildburghausen">Hildburghausen</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Meiningen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Weimar" title="Saxe-Weimar">Weimar</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Eisenach" title="Saxe-Eisenach">Eisenach</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach">Weimar-Eisenach</a><sup><small>4</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;font-weight:normal;">Other duchies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Anhalt" title="Duchy of Anhalt">Anhalt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anhalt-Bernburg" title="Anhalt-Bernburg">Bernburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anhalt-Dessau" title="Anhalt-Dessau">Dessau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anhalt-K%C3%B6then" title="Anhalt-Köthen">Köthen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arenberg" title="Arenberg">Arenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" title="Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz" title="Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz">Mecklenburg-Strelitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Oldenburg" title="Duchy of Oldenburg">Oldenburg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;font-weight:normal;">Principalities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Hohenzollern" title="House of Hohenzollern">Hohenzollern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hohenzollern-Hechingen" title="Hohenzollern-Hechingen">Hechingen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen" title="Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen">Sigmaringen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Isenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Principality of Isenburg">Isenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Lippe" title="Principality of Lippe">Lippe-Detmold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuss_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reuss (state)">Reuss</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reuss-Ebersdorf" title="Reuss-Ebersdorf">Ebersdorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Reuss-Greiz" title="Principality of Reuss-Greiz">Greiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuss-Lobenstein" title="Reuss-Lobenstein">Lobenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Reuss-Gera" title="Principality of Reuss-Gera">Schleiz</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Salm" title="Principality of Salm">Salm</a><sup><small>5</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Schaumburg-Lippe" title="Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe">Schaumburg-Lippe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Schwarzburg" title="House of Schwarzburg">Schwarzburg</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt" title="Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt">Rudolstadt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schwarzburg-Sondershausen" title="Schwarzburg-Sondershausen">Sondershausen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waldeck_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Waldeck (state)">Waldeck</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><sup><small>1</small></sup> from 1810</li> <li><sup><small>2</small></sup> until 1810</li> <li><sup><small>3</small></sup> until 1809</li> <li><sup><small>4</small></sup> from 1809</li> <li><sup><small>5</small></sup> until 1811</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Deutscher_Bund.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of the German Confederation"><img alt="Map of the German Confederation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Deutscher_Bund.svg/175px-Deutscher_Bund.svg.png" decoding="async" width="175" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Deutscher_Bund.svg/263px-Deutscher_Bund.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Deutscher_Bund.svg/350px-Deutscher_Bund.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="969" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Kingdoms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussia</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bavaria" title="Kingdom of Bavaria">Bavaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Saxony" title="Kingdom of Saxony">Saxony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hanover" title="Kingdom of Hanover">Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg" title="Kingdom of Württemberg">Württemberg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Electorates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Hesse" title="Electorate of Hesse">Hesse-Kassel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Grand duchies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Baden" title="Grand Duchy of Baden">Baden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Hesse" title="Grand Duchy of Hesse">Hesse-Darmstadt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" title="Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz" title="Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz">Mecklenburg-Strelitz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Oldenburg" title="Grand Duchy of Oldenburg">Oldenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach" title="Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach">Weimar-Eisenach</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Duchies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Brunswick" title="Duchy of Brunswick">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Holstein" title="Duchy of Holstein">Holstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Limburg_(1839%E2%80%931867)" title="Duchy of Limburg (1839–1867)">Limburg</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(from 1839)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Nassau" title="Duchy of Nassau">Nassau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Lauenburg" title="Saxe-Lauenburg">Lauenburg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Ascania" title="House of Ascania">Anhalt (Ascania)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Anhalt" title="Duchy of Anhalt">Anhalt</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(from 1863)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anhalt-Bernburg" title="Anhalt-Bernburg">Bernburg</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(until 1863)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anhalt-Dessau" title="Anhalt-Dessau">Dessau</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(until 1863)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anhalt-K%C3%B6then" title="Anhalt-Köthen">Köthen</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(until 1847)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ernestine_duchies" title="Ernestine duchies">Ernestine duchies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Altenburg" title="Saxe-Altenburg">Altenburg</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(from 1826)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld" title="Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld">Coburg-Saalfeld</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(until 1826)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Coburg-Gotha</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(from 1826)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg" title="Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg">Gotha-Altenburg</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(until 1826)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Hildburghausen" title="Saxe-Hildburghausen">Hildburghausen</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(until 1826)</span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Meiningen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Principalities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hesse-Homburg" title="Hesse-Homburg">Hesse-Homburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Lippe" title="Principality of Lippe">Lippe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Schaumburg-Lippe" title="Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe">Schaumburg-Lippe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waldeck_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Waldeck (state)">Waldeck and Pyrmont</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Imperial_County_of_Reuss" title="Imperial County of Reuss">Reuss</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reuss-Ebersdorf" title="Reuss-Ebersdorf">Reuss-Ebersdorf</a> <span class="nobold"><span style="font-size:85%;">(until 1824)</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuss-Lobenstein" title="Reuss-Lobenstein">Reuss-Lobenstein</a> <span class="nobold"><span style="font-size:85%;">(until 1824)</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuss-Ebersdorf" title="Reuss-Ebersdorf">Reuß-Lobenstein und Ebersdorf </a> <span class="nobold"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1824-1848)</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Reuss-Gera" title="Principality of Reuss-Gera">Reuss-Gera <small>(Junior Line)</small></a> <span class="nobold"><span style="font-size:85%;">(from 1848)</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Reuss-Greiz" title="Principality of Reuss-Greiz">Reuss-Greiz <small>(Elder Line)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reuss-Schleiz" class="mw-redirect" title="Reuss-Schleiz">Reuss-Schleiz</a> <span class="nobold"><span style="font-size:85%;">(until 1848)</span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Hohenzollern" title="House of Hohenzollern">Hohenzollern</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hohenzollern-Hechingen" title="Hohenzollern-Hechingen">Hechingen</a> <span class="nobold"><span style="font-size:85%;">(until 1850)</span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen" title="Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen">Sigmaringen</a> <span class="nobold"><span style="font-size:85%;">(until 1850)</span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Schwarzburg" title="House of Schwarzburg">Schwarzburg</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt" title="Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt">Rudolstadt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schwarzburg-Sondershausen" title="Schwarzburg-Sondershausen">Sondershausen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Free cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bremen_(state)" title="Bremen (state)">Bremen</a></li> <li><a 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title="Principality">Principalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Lippe" title="Principality of Lippe">Lippe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Reuss-Gera" title="Principality of Reuss-Gera">Reuss-Gera <small>(Junior Line)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Reuss-Greiz" title="Principality of Reuss-Greiz">Reuss-Greiz <small>(Elder Line)</small></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Schaumburg-Lippe" title="Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe">Schaumburg-Lippe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt" title="Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt">Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schwarzburg-Sondershausen" title="Schwarzburg-Sondershausen">Schwarzburg-Sondershausen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Waldeck_and_Pyrmont" title="Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont">Waldeck and Pyrmont</a></li></ul> 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Hohenzollern">Hohenzollern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pomerania_(1815%E2%80%931945)" title="Province of Pomerania (1815–1945)">Pomerania</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(including the <a href="/wiki/Lauenburg_and_B%C3%BCtow_Land" title="Lauenburg and Bütow Land">Lauenburg and Bütow Land</a> and the former <a href="/wiki/Starostwo_of_Draheim" title="Starostwo of Draheim">Starostwo of Draheim</a>)</span>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Posen" title="Province of Posen">Posen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhine_Province" title="Rhine Province">Rhineland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Saxony" title="Province of Saxony">Saxony</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Schleswig-Holstein" title="Province of Schleswig-Holstein">Schleswig-Holstein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Silesia" title="Province of Silesia">Silesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Westphalia" title="Province of Westphalia">Westphalia</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Prussia" title="West Prussia">West Prussia</a>)</span></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Duchy" title="Duchy">Duchies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Anhalt" title="Duchy of Anhalt">Anhalt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Brunswick" title="Duchy of Brunswick">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Altenburg" title="Saxe-Altenburg">Altenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Coburg-Gotha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Lauenburg" title="Saxe-Lauenburg">Lauenburg</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(until 1876)</span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Meiningen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Principality" title="Principality">Principalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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