En la actualidad, la Casa Ducal de Sajonia-Meiningen se encuentra al borde de la extinción. Según el punto de vista de cada uno, hay uno, dos o tres miembros masculinos de la familia (cada uno de diferentes generaciones) que pueden continuar la dinastía en el futuro. La rama actual de la familia desciende del príncipe Federico de Sajonia-Meiningen, el quinto hijo del duque Jorge II de Sajonia-Meiningen.
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| Príncipe Federico de Sajonia-Meiningen |
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| Princesa Adelaida de Sajonia-Meiningen |
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| El anuncio de la muerte del príncipe Federico de Sajonia-Meiningen en 1914 |
El 30 de junio de 1901 nació en Colonia el príncipe Bernardo Federico Julio Enrique de Sajonia-Meiningen, sexto y último hijo del príncipe Federico de Sajonia-Meiningen (1861-1914) y de la antigua condesa Adelheid zur Lippe-Biesterfeld (1870-1948), con quien se había casado en 1889.
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| Gran Duquesa Feodora de Sajonia-Weimar-Eisenach |
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| Princesa Adalberto (Adelheid) de Prusia |
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| Príncipe Jorge de Sajonia-Meiningen |
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| Princesa Luisa de Sajonia-Meiningen |
Bernhard había seguido a cinco hermanos mayores: la princesa Feodora (1890-1972; casada con el gran duque Wilhelm Ernst de Sajonia-Weimar-Eisenach), la princesa Adelheid (1891-1971; casada con el príncipe Adalberto de Prusia), el príncipe Georg (1892-1946; casada con la condesa Klara-Maria von Korff gt Schmissing-Kerssenbrock), el príncipe Ernst Leopold (1895-1914) y la princesa Luise (1899-1985; casada con el barón Götz von Wangenheim).
El 25 de abril de 1931, en Eichenhof im Riesengebirge, el príncipe Bernardo de Sajonia-Meiningen se casó con Margot Grössler (Breslau, 22 de enero de 1911 - Bad Sackingen, 2 de mayo de 1998). La pareja tuvo dos hijos: la princesa Feodora (n. Schloß Pitzelstettin el 27 de mayo de 1932; casada con Burkhard Kippenberg) y el príncipe Friedrich Ernst.
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| Artículo sobre el arresto del príncipe Bernardo y la princesa Margot de Sajonia-Meiningen.
The Winnipeg Tribune , 21 de octubre de 1933. |
En octubre de 1933, el príncipe Bernardo fue arrestado por ser miembro del Partido Nazi en Austria. En diciembre, se informó que lo iban a detener en Wöllersdorf, Austria, tras ser sentenciado a seis semanas de prisión. Su esposa, Margot, fue puesta bajo arresto domiciliario en la residencia de la pareja, Schloss Pitzelstettin, como resultado de una carta que envió a un corresponsal en Alemania que estaba “llena de invectivas contra Austria”. En enero de 1934, Bernardo y Margot huyeron a Italia, donde tal vez se sintieron más cómodos porque ese país ya estaba bajo el gobierno de Benito Mussolini.
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| “Charming Nazi Princess Escapes While Dollfuss Plans Christmas Truce.”
The Winnipeg Tribune, 11 December 1933. |
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| Bernhard and Margot flee to Italy.
The Evening Sun, 14 December 1933. |
Bernhard and Margot divorced in 1947. The following year, on 11 August 1948, Prince Bernhard married Baroness Wera Schäffer von Bernstein (Frankfurt 10 August 1914-24 October 1994), daughter of Baron Friedrich “Fritz” Schäffer von Bernstein and Emma Carola von Passavant. Bernhard and Wera had three children: Princess Marie Eleonore “Ellen” (b.1950; married Peter Eric Rosden), Prince Konrad (b.1952), and Princess Almut (b.1959; married Eberhard von Braunschweig).
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| HH Duke Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen |
Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen died on 4 October 1984 at Bad Krozingen. He was eighty-three years-old. Bernhard had been the titular Duke of Saxe-Meiningen since the death of his brother Georg in 1946, due to the fact that Georg’s only surviving son Friedrich-Alfred had become a Roman Catholic monk and renounced his dynastic rights in favour of his uncle.
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| HH Prince Friedrich Ernst of Saxe-Meiningen |
Prince Friedrich-Ernst “Friedel” Georg Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen was born at Meiningen on 21 January 1935. The young prince spent his early childhood in the family home on Bernhardstrasse in Meiningen and at his grandparents’ manor in Silesia. His love for animals and plants also developed here.
Friedrich-Ernst was able to fully enjoy the last almost full moon of his lifetime over the Swiss Jura, the Rhine Valley and his forest park – in an incredible night mood – forgetting the exertion and the pain. However, the end of World War II and the following years were filled with losses that were just as formative: the loss of his homeland with the escape from Silesia, the departure from Meiningen, the divorce of his parents.
The prince decided to leave school early in order to learn the profession of a hotel manager, to work on his own abroad when he was young. During this time, his need for a harmonious environment, which he did not always find in his life, was accentuated even more.
At the age of twenty-four, he took his chances and utilised his linguistic skills and sales talent and moved into the paper industry as a sales manager. Friedrich-Ernst then made a career in the steel industry at the age of twenty-six. The prince eventually went to work for the Thyssen group.
On 3 March 1962 at Schweiherdingen, Prince Friedrich-Ernst of Saxe-Meiningen married Ehrengard von Massow (b.Stralsund 25 Oct 1933). Ehrengard was the daughter of Helmut Robert von Massow (1900-1967) and Ursula von Buch-Tornow. The couple divorced in 1973.
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| Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Prince Friedrich Ernst of Saxe-Meiningen with the latter’s mother Margot
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| Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Prince Friedrich Ernst of Saxe-Meiningen on their wedding day
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In 1977, Friedrich-Ernst married Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in a civil ceremony on 11 June 1977 at Coburg; the couple celebrated their religious wedding on 12 June 1977 in Coburg. Princess Beatrice (b.Bern 15 Jul 1951) is the daughter of Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1918-1998) and his second wife Denyse Henriette von Muralt (1923-1984). Friedel and Beatrice had two children: Princess Marie Alexandra “Alix” Elisabeth Beatrice (b.Heilbronn 5 July 1978) and Prince Friedrich Constantin. Friedel and Beatrice separated but never divorced.
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| Princess Feodora zu Leitungen, Fürstin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg |
Friedrich-Ernst and Beatrice were third cousins once removed. The couple both descended from Fürst Ernst Christian zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1794-1860) and Princess Feodora zu Leiningen (1807-1872). Feodora was the daughter of Fürst Emich Carl zu Leiningen (1763-1814) and Princess Viktoria of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg (1786-1861). Four years after the death of her first husband, Princess Viktoria married Prince Edward, Duke of Kent: they became the parents of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819-1901). Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is a descendant of Queen Victoria as well as of her older half-sister Princess Feodora.
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| Benno Widmer, ex-husband of Princess Marie-Alix of Saxe-Meiningen |
On 17 July 2002 at Gravedona, Italy, Princess Marie-Alix of Saxe-Meiningen was religiously wed to Benno Beat Christian Widmer (b.Basel 17 July 1971). Two years later, the couple contracted a civil marriage on 26 April 2004 at Basel. Marie-Alix is an attorney, as was her husband Benno. The pair divorced in 2009. They did not have children. Princess Marie-Alix has had a most extraordinary career: A Princess, a Poisoning and an Oil Fortune -The Bizarre Corruption Scandal at Bilfinger.
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| Death announcement of Prince Friedrich-Ernst of Saxe-Meiningen |
After a long illness, Prince Friedrich-Ernst of Saxe-Meiningen died on Tuesday, 13 July 2004. He was sixty-nine years-old. A memorial service was held on Thursday, 22 July 2004.
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| Prince Friedrich Constantin of Saxe-Meiningen in 2018 |
Prince Friedrich
Constantin Hendric of Saxe-Meiningen was born on 3 June 1980 at Heilbronn as the second child and only son of Prince Friedrich Ernst of Saxe-Meiningen and Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
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| Constantin of Saxe-Meiningen, Sophia Lupus, and their son Michael.
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En el verano de 2015, el príncipe Constantino de Sajonia-Meiningen y Sofía Lupus (nacida en 1995) dieron la bienvenida a un niño. Sofía es hija de Nothart Rohlfs y Sabine Lupus. El príncipe Miguel de Sajonia-Meiningen nació el 26 de julio de 2015 en Suiza.
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| Príncipe Conrado de Sajonia-Meiningen |
El príncipe Konrad, medio hermano del príncipe Friedrich-Ernst y tío del príncipe Constantin, es considerado el jefe de la dinastía de Sajonia-Meiningen. Konrad, banquero, nunca se casó. En varias ocasiones, el príncipe ha indicado que tiene la intención de que su heredero sea su sobrino Constantin.
