Editing Saxe-Meiningen (section)

{{short description|Saxon duchy held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin dynasty in Thuringia, Germany}}
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{{Infobox Former Country
| native_name            = 
| conventional_long_name = Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen <small>(1680–1918)</small><br /><small>''Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen''</small><hr>Free State of Saxe-Meiningen <small>(1918–1920)</small><br /><small>''Freistaat Sachsen-Meiningen''</small>
| common_name            = Saxe-Meiningen
| era                    = [[Early modern period]]
| status                 = Vassal
| empire                 = Holy Roman Empire
| status_text            = [[States of the Holy Roman Empire|State]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], <br>[[States of the Confederation of the Rhine|State]] of the [[Confederation of the Rhine]], <br>[[States of the German Confederation|State]] of the [[German Confederation]], <br>[[States of the North German Confederation|State]] of the [[North German Confederation]], <br>[[States of the German Empire|Constituent state]] of the [[German Empire]]
| year_start             = 1680
| year_end               = 1920
| p1                     = Saxe-Gotha
| flag_p1                = Coat of arms of Saxony.svg
| border_p1              = no
| s1                     = Thuringia
| flag_s1                = Flag of Thuringia (state).svg
| event_start            = Partitioned from [[Saxe-Gotha]]
| event1                 = Acquired [[Saxe-Hildburghausen]]
| date_event1            = 1826
| event2                 = [[German Revolution]]
| date_event2            = 1918
| event_end              = Merged into Thuringia
| image_flag             = Flagge Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha (1826-1911).svg
| image_coat             = Coat of Arms of the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen.svg
| image_map              = Saxe-Meiningen in the German Reich (1871).svg
| image_map2             = SMEI.png
| image_map_caption      = Saxe-Meiningen within the German Empire
| government_type        = [[Duchy]] (1680–1918)<br/>[[Republic]] (1918–1920)
| title_leader           = Duke
| leader1                = [[Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen|Bernhard I]] {{small|(first)}}
| year_leader1           = 1675–1706
| leader2                = [[Bernhard III Frederick Wilhelm Albrecht Georg, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen|Bernhard III]] {{small|(last)}}
| year_leader2           = 1914–1918
| map_caption2           = Territories of Saxe-Meiningen within the [[Ernestine duchies]] after 1826
| capital                = [[Meiningen]]
| national_anthem        = [[Meiningen Hymn]]<br />(“Brothers sing with a loud sound of joy...”)<br />{{center|[[File:Marsch von Erbprinzessin Charlotte von Sachsen-Meiningen.wav]]}}
}}
'''Saxe-Meiningen''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|æ|k|s|_|ˈ|m|aɪ|n|ɪ|ŋ|ən}} {{respell|SAKS|_|MY|ning|ən}}; {{langx|de|Sachsen-Meiningen}} {{IPA|de|ˌzaksn̩ ˈmaɪnɪŋən|}}) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the [[Ernestine duchies|Ernestine]] line of the [[House of Wettin]], located in the southwest of the present-day [[Germany|German]] state of [[Thuringia]].

Established in 1681,<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Saxe-Meiningen}}</ref> by partition of the Ernestine Duchy of [[Saxe-Gotha]] among the seven sons of deceased Duke [[Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha|Ernest the Pious]], the Saxe-Meiningen line of the House of Wettin lasted until the end of the German monarchies in 1918.<ref name=Museum>{{cite web|url=http://www.meiningermuseen.de/pages/schloss/personen/herzogliche-familie.php|title=Die herzogliche Familie (German)|publisher=Meininger Museen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818085933/http://www.meiningermuseen.de/pages/schloss/personen/herzogliche-familie.php|archive-date=18 August 2017|access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref>