Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Gotha, Thuringia, Germany
About Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (Gotha, 10 September 1649 – Meiningen, 27 April 1706) was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen. He was the sixth but third surviving son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. After the death of his father, in 1675, the duchy was jointly governed by him and his brothers; but the duchy was divided five years later (in 1680); as a result of this divisionary treaty, Bernhard received Meiningen, Wasungen, Salzungen, Untermassfeld, Frauenbreitungen and Ichtershausen.
- Bernhard became the founder of the Saxe-Meiningen line. The building of an official residence in Meiningen began immediately.
- The residence was finished in 1692 and was called Schloss Elisabethenburg, in honor of Bernhard's second wife.
- Like his brother Ernst, Bernhard's financial stability in his duchy was remarkable.
- The sales of chamber goods and the additional charge of taxes to the population were the result. Bernhard's will ordered the indivisibility of the duchy, but not Primogeniture.
- This allowed his sons to govern the duchy jointly after his death.
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