Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen explained

Karl Friedrich
Succession:Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Reign:24 February 1729 - 28 March 1743
Predecessor:Ernst Ludwig II
Successor:Friedrich Wilhelm
House:Saxe-Meiningen
Father:Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Mother:Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha
Birth Date:18 July 1712
Birth Place:Meiningen
Death Place:Meiningen
Religion:Lutheranism

Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (Meiningen, 18 July 1712  - Meiningen, 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 and his first wife, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.

Karl Friedrich inherited the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen when his father died in 1724, along with his older brother, Ernst Ludwig II, 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, Friedrich Wilhelm.

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