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Ernest Louis II
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Reign24 November 1724 - 24 February 1729
PredecessorErnest Louis I
SuccessorCharles Frederick
Born(1709-08-08)8 August 1709
Coburg
Died24 February 1729(1729-02-24) (aged 19)
Meiningen
HouseSaxe-Meiningen
FatherErnest Louis I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
MotherDorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha
ReligionLutheranism

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

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

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References

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  • 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.
Ernst Ludwig II House of Saxe-MeiningenCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 8 August 1709 Died: 24 February 1729 Regnal titles Preceded byErnst Ludwig I Duke of Saxe-Meiningen 1724–1729 Succeeded byKarl Frederick


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