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Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

1712 - 1743

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen has received more than 10,828 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 17 in 2019). Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen is the 1,196th most popular nobleman (down from 907th in 2019), the 4,368th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,899th in 2019) and the 265th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 1,196 out of 1,415. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Theodora Palaiologina, Artaxias IV, Helen of Sweden, and Yahya ibn Yahya. After him are Joan, Countess of Blois, Theodora Kantakouzene, Ulrich II, Count of Württemberg, Princess Alix of Luxembourg, Nerio I Acciaioli, and Munju of Baekje.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1712, Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 21. Before him are George Grenville, Johann Samuel König, Claude Bourgelat, Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, and Konrad Ernst Ackermann. After him are James Steuart, John Stanley, and Nasir Jung. Among people deceased in 1743, Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 16. Before him are Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz, Jai Singh II, Augustine Washington, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, and Ogata Kenzan. After him are Mikhail Zemtsov, and John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 4,368 out of 7,253. Before him are Wolf Kahler (1940), Stephan Beckenbauer (1968), Ulrich Tukur (1957), Carsten Jancker (1974), Edda Moser (1938), and Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (1908). After him are Hermann Bollé (1845), Georg von Habsburg (1964), August Diehl (1976), Ludwig Knorr (1859), Matthias Schweighöfer (1981), and Wilhelm Geiger (1856).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 265. Before him are Friedrich, Prince of Wied (1872), Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (1593), John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1584), Princess Leopoldine of Baden (1837), Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1627), and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1679). After him are Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel (1768), Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg (1714), Prince William of Baden (1792), Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp (1631), Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels (1673), and Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1730).

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