Frederick Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Friedrich Wilhelm of Saxe- Meiningen ( born February 16, 1679 Ichterhausen, † March 10, 1746 in Meiningen ) was from 1743 to his death Duke of Saxe- Meiningen and came from the Wettin Ernestine.

Life

Friedrich Wilhelm was a son of the Duke Bernhard I of Saxe- Meiningen and his first wife, Marie Hedwig of Hesse- Darmstadt ( 1647-1680 ). Because of the lack Primogeniturordnung in the country, he was entitled after the death of his father in 1706 to co-rule in the country.

As little talented and totally dependent described, he renounced against his, according to autocracy aspiring, older brother Ernst Ludwig I in 1707 and again in 1717 on all claims to power.

After his older brother 's death in 1724, he and Duke Frederick II of Saxe -Gotha -Altenburg guardian of his nephew Ernst Ludwig II and Karl Friedrich determined. Frederick William made ​​his case entirely from Gotha Duke dependent and granted him considerable government influence. In addition, Frederick William's younger half- brother Anton Ulrich processed for inclusion in the government of Saxony - Meiningen.

After the death of his nephew Karl Friedrich 1743 Friedrich Wilhelm Duke of Saxe- Meiningen. Since the regulation of Primogeniturordnung in the country lapsed back with Karl Friedrich death, Frederick William ruled jointly with his half brother Anton Ulrich. Anton Ulrich was finally achieved after the childless death of Frederick William from 1746 alone. The intricate internal and external political conditions had little impact on the country very detrimental.