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Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

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Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (2 April 1826 – 25 June 1914), was the penultimate Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, reigning from 1866 to 1914. [1]

61 relations: Adolf von Hildebrand, Altenstein Palace, Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Austro-Prussian War, Bad Wildungen, Battle of Wörth, Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Charlottenburg, Christian Albrecht, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Ellen Franz, Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, Franco-Prussian War, Frederick William II of Prussia, Frederick William III of Prussia, Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Fritz Steinbach, Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, German Empire, Hans von Bülow, House of Wettin, Johannes Brahms, Lake Como, Langenburg, Liebenstein, Lutheranism, Meiningen, Meiningen Court Orchestra, Meiningen Ensemble, Morganatic marriage, Prince Albert of Prussia (1809–1872), Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen, Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, Princess Augusta of Prussia, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1831–1855), Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess Feodora of Leiningen, Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Queen Victoria, ..., Richard Mühlfeld, Richard Strauss, Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Meiningen, Scarlet fever, Theatre director, Villa Carlotta, William I of the Netherlands, William I, Elector of Hesse, William I, German Emperor, William II, Elector of Hesse. Expand index (11 more) »

Adolf von Hildebrand

Adolf von Hildebrand (6 October 1847 – 18 January 1921) was a German sculptor.

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Altenstein Palace

Schloss Altenstein is a Schloss or palace upon a rocky hill on the south-western slope of the Thuringian Forest, not far from Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany.

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Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (Meiningen, 22 October 1687 – Frankfurt, 27 January 1763), was Duke of Saxe-Meiningen from 1746 to 1763.

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Austro-Prussian War

The Austro-Prussian War or Seven Weeks' War (also known as the Unification War, the War of 1866, or the Fraternal War, in Germany as the German War, and also by a variety of other names) was a war fought in 1866 between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, with each also being aided by various allies within the German Confederation.

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Bad Wildungen

Bad Wildungen, officially the City of Bad Wildungen (German: Stadt Bad Wildungen), is a state-run spa and a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany.

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Battle of Wörth

The Battle of Wörth, also known as the Battle of Reichshoffen or as the Battle of Frœschwiller, refers to the second battle of Wörth, which took place on 6 August 1870 in the opening stages of the Franco-Prussian War (the first Battle of Wörth occurred on 23 December 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars).

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Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Bernhard II Erich Freund, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (17 December 1800, in Meiningen – 3 December 1882, in Meiningen) was a Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Bernhard III Friedrich Wilhelm Albrecht Georg, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1 April 1851 – 16 January 1928), was the last reigning duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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Charlottenburg

Charlottenburg is an affluent locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.

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Christian Albrecht, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Christian Albrecht, 2nd Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (27 March 1726 in Langenburg – 4 July 1789 in Ludwigsruhe), was the second ruling Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and a Dutch lieutenant-general.

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Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld (22 June 1870 - 3 September 1948) was the eldest child of Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld and Countess Karoline of Wartensleben.

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Ellen Franz

Ellen Franz (30 May 1839 – 24 March 1923) was a German pianist and actress.

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Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Ernst Christian Carl, 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (May 7, 1794 – April 12, 1860), was a brother-in-law of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

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Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Ernst II Bernhard Georg Johann Karl Frederick Peter Albert, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (b. Altenburg, 31 August 1871 – d. Trockenborn-Wolfersdorf, 22 March 1955), was the last reigning duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

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Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen

Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (Ernst, Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen; 27 September 1859 – 29 December 1941) was the head of the house of Saxe-Meiningen from 1928 until his death.

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Franco-Prussian War

The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War (Deutsch-Französischer Krieg, Guerre franco-allemande), often referred to in France as the War of 1870 (19 July 1871) or in Germany as 70/71, was a conflict between the Second French Empire of Napoleon III and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.

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Frederick William II of Prussia

Frederick William II (Friedrich Wilhelm II.; 25 September 1744 – 16 November 1797) was King of Prussia from 1786 until his death.

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Frederick William III of Prussia

Frederick William III (Friedrich Wilhelm III) (3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840.

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Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt

Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (Friederike Luise; 16 October 1751 – 25 February 1805) was Queen consort of Prussia as the second spouse of King Frederick William II.

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Fritz Steinbach

Fritz Steinbach (17 June 1855 - 13 Aug 1916) was a German conductor and composer who was particularly associated with the works of Johannes Brahms.

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Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Georg I Frederick Karl, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (4 February 1761 in Frankfurt – 24 December 1803 in Meiningen), was Duke of Saxe-Meiningen from 1782 to 1803.

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Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Georg Karl Frederick (Hildburghausen, 24 July 1796 – Hummelshain, 3 August 1853) was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

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German Empire

The German Empire (Deutsches Kaiserreich, officially Deutsches Reich),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people.

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Hans von Bülow

Baron Hans Guido von Bülow (January 8, 1830February 12, 1894) was a German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer of the Romantic era.

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House of Wettin

The House of Wettin is a dynasty of German counts, dukes, prince-electors and kings that once ruled territories in the present-day German states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.

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Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer and pianist of the Romantic period.

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Lake Como

Lake Como (Lago di Como or locally in Italian, also known as Lario, after the Latin name of the lake; Lagh de Còmm in Lombard; Latin: Larius Lacus) is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy.

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Langenburg

Langenburg is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Liebenstein

Liebenstein is a municipality in the district Ilm-Kreis, in Thuringia, Germany.

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity which identifies with the theology of Martin Luther (1483–1546), a German friar, ecclesiastical reformer and theologian.

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Meiningen

Meiningen is a town in the southern part of the state of Thuringia, Germany.

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Meiningen Court Orchestra

The Meiningen Court Orchestra (Meininger Hofkapelle) is one of the oldest and most traditional orchestras in Europe.

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Meiningen Ensemble

The Meiningen Ensemble, also known as the Meiningen Company, was the court theatre of the German state of Saxe-Meiningen, led by Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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Morganatic marriage

Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty prevents the passage of the husband's titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage.

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Prince Albert of Prussia (1809–1872)

Prince Albert of Prussia (Frederick Henry Albert; Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht; 4 October 1809, in Königsberg – 14 October 1872, in Berlin) was a Prussian colonel general.

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Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen

Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen, Duke of Saxony (Full given names: Friedrich Johann Bernhard Hermann Heinrich Moritz; 12 October 1861 – 23 August 1914) was a German soldier and member of the Ducal House of Saxe-Meiningen.

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Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg

Prince Moritz Franz Friedrich Constantin Alexander Heinrich August Carl Albrecht of Saxe-Altenburg (24 October 1829 in Eisenberg – 13 May 1907 in Arco, Italy), was a member of the ducal house of Saxe-Altenburg.

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Princess Augusta of Prussia

Princess Augusta of Prussia (Christine Friederike Auguste; 1 May 1780 – 19 February 1841) was a German salonist, painter, and Electress consort of Hesse by marriage to William II, Elector of Hesse.

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Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen

Princess Augusta Louise Adelaide Caroline Ida of Saxe-Meiningen (6 August 1843 – 11 November 1919) was the daughter of Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his wife Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel.

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Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal

Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal (11 August 1730, Philippsthal – 7 September 1801, Meiningen), was Duchess and regent from 1763 to 1782 of Saxe-Meiningen.

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Princess Charlotte of Prussia

Princess Charlotte of Prussia (Viktoria Elisabeth Auguste Charlotte; 24 July 1860 – 1 October 1919) was Duchess Consort of Saxe-Meiningen as the wife of Bernhard III, the duchy's last ruler.

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Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1831–1855)

Princess Frederica Louise Wilhelmina Marianne Charlotte of Prussia (21 June 1831 – 30 March 1855), was by birth a Princess of Prussia and member of the House of Hohenzollern and by marriage Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Meiningen.

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Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Feodora Victoria Adelaide of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (7 July 1839 – 10 February 1872) was a daughter of Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Feodora of Leiningen.

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Princess Feodora of Leiningen

Princess Feodora of Leiningen (Anna Feodora Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine; 7 December 1807 – 23 September 1872) was the only daughter of Emich Carl, Prince of Leiningen (1763–1814) and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786–1861).

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Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (11 August 1763, in Langenburg – 30 April 1837, in Meiningen) was a German regent.

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Princess Marianne of the Netherlands

Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau (Wilhelmina Frederika Louise Charlotte Marianne; 9 May 1810 – 29 May 1883), was a member of the House of Orange-Nassau.

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Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen

Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen (23 September 1853 – 22 February 1923) was the only daughter of Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, by his first wife, Princess Charlotte of Prussia.

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Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel

Princess Marie Frederica Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel (6 September 1804 – 1 January 1888) was a Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen by marriage to Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark

Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark (Vilhelmina Karoline, Wilhelmina Karolina) (10 July 1747 in Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen – 14 January 1820 in Kassel), was the Landgravine consort of Hesse-Kassel and later the Electress of Hesse-Kassel by marriage to William I, Elector of Hesse.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.

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Richard Mühlfeld

Richard Mühlfeld (February 28, 1856 – June 1, 1907) was a German clarinettist who inspired Johannes Brahms and Gustav Jenner to write chamber works including the instrument.

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Richard Strauss

Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras.

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Saxe-Altenburg

Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia.

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Saxe-Meiningen

Saxe-Meiningen was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin dynasty, located in the southwest of the present-day German state of Thuringia.

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Scarlet fever

Scarlet fever is a disease which can occur as a result of a group A ''streptococcus'' (group A strep) infection.

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Theatre director

A theatre director or stage director is an instructor in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production (a play, an opera, a musical, or a devised piece of work) by unifying various endeavours and aspects of production.

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Villa Carlotta

Villa Carlotta is a villa and botanical garden in Tremezzo on Lake Como in Northern Italy.

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William I of the Netherlands

William I (Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was a Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

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William I, Elector of Hesse

William I, Elector of Hesse (Wilhelm I., Kurfürst von Hessen; 3 June 1743 – 27 February 1821) was the eldest surviving son of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) and Princess Mary of Great Britain, the daughter of George II.

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William I, German Emperor

William I, or in German Wilhelm I. (full name: William Frederick Louis of Hohenzollern, Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig von Hohenzollern, 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888), of the House of Hohenzollern was King of Prussia from 2 January 1861 and the first German Emperor from 18 January 1871 to his death, the first Head of State of a united Germany.

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William II, Elector of Hesse

William II (Wilhelm II; 28 July 1777 – 20 November 1847) was the penultimate Elector of Hesse.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Meiningen

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