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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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen is the 910th most popular nobleman (up from 1,198th in 2019), the 3,227th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,368th in 2019) and the 190th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 910 out of 1,415. Before him are Anna of Hesse, Susanna of Bavaria, George I, Duke of Pomerania, John II, Count of Nevers, Conrad I, Duke of Zähringen, and Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen. After him are Joseph, Duke of Parma, Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria, John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, William IV, Count of Toulouse, Lady Ottoline Morrell, and Adalbero, Duke of Carinthia.

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Among people born in 1712, Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 18. Before him are Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, Francesco Algarotti, Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, Toriyama Sekien, John Stanley, and James Steuart. After him are Johann Samuel König, Konrad Ernst Ackermann, Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Claude Bourgelat, and Nasir Jung. Among people deceased in 1743, Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 13. Before him are Nicolas Lancret, Rafael Casanova, Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz, Augustine Washington, Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, and Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans. After him are Jai Singh II, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Ogata Kenzan, 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 3,229 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Wünsche (1914), Richard Hildebrandt (1897), Charles Galton Darwin (1887), Adam Gottlob Moltke (1710), Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809), and Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1658). After him are Rainald of Dassel (1114), Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (1468), Grete Stern (1904), Christian Cannabich (1731), John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1564), and Meryem Uzerli (1983).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Karl Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen ranks 190. Before him are Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia (1103), Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony (1617), Magdalena of Saxony (1507), Anna of Hesse (1529), Susanna of Bavaria (1502), and Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen (1722). After him are Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (1468), John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1564), Christian Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1644), Prince Alfons of Bavaria (1862), Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1910), and Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg (1836).

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