George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, was the penultimate Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, reigning from 1866 to 1914. For his support for his successful court theatre he was also known as the Theaterherzog.
George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
A five mark depicting Georg II, 1908.
Georg's first wife Charlotte of Prussia (artist unknown).
Georg's second wife Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, c. 1860. Portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
Saxe-Meiningen was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin, located in the southwest of the present-day German state of Thuringia.
Elisabethenburg Palace, residence of the Duchy since 1682
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792–1849), Queen Consort of the United Kingdom and of Hanover, spouse of William IV
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1866–1914)