Karl Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
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Karl Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (Meiningen
Meiningen
Meiningen is a town in Germany - located in the southern part of the state of Thuringia and is the district seat of Schmalkalden-Meiningen. It is situated on the river Werra....

, 18 July 1712 – Meiningen
Meiningen
Meiningen is a town in Germany - located in the southern part of the state of Thuringia and is the district seat of Schmalkalden-Meiningen. It is situated on the river Werra....

, 28 March 1743), was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

He was the fourth but third surviving son of Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen was a German nobleman.-Biography:He was born in Gotha, the eldest son of Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and his first wife, Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt....

 and his first wife, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was the wife of Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. She was the daughter of Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and his first wife, Magdalena Sybille of Saxe-Weissenfels. She married Ernst Ludwig I on the 19 September 1704.-Issue:#Josef Bernhard...

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Karl Frederick inherited the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen when his father died in 1724, along with his older brother, Ernst Ludwig II
Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen , 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 made him the heir to the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen...

, under the guardianship of his uncles Frederick Wilhelm and Anton Ulrich until 1733.

When his older brother died unmarried in 1729, Karl Frederick ruled alone until his death.

Like his brother, he never married, and, after his death, was succeeded by his uncle, Frederick Wilhelm
Frederick Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Frederick Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen , was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.He was the fifth son of Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his first wife, Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt....

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Ancestry

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