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===Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen=== [[Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen|Bernhard]], Ernst I's third son, received the town of [[Meiningen]] as well as several other holdings ([[Wasungen]] und Salzungen, Maßfeld und Sand, Herrenbreitungen, Herpf, Stepfershausen, Utendorf, Mehlis and the former [[Franconia]]n lands of the extinct [[House of Henneberg]], Henneberg).<ref name="Museum"/> Bernhard chose the town of Meiningen as his residence and became the first duke of Saxe-Meiningen. From 1682 Duke Bernhard I had the [[Schloss Elisabethenburg]] built and in 1690 established the [[Meiningen Court Orchestra|Court Orchestra]] (''Hofkapelle''), in which [[Johann Ludwig Bach]] later became the ''[[Kapellmeister]]'' (1711). In the reshuffle of Ernestine territories that occurred following the extinction of the [[Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]] line upon the death of Duke [[Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg|Frederick IV]] in 1825, Duke [[Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen|Bernhard II of Saxe-Meiningen]] received the lands of the former Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen as well as the [[Saalfeld]] territory of the former [[Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]] duchy. As Bernhard II had supported [[Austrian Empire|Austria]] in the 1866 [[Austro-Prussian War]], the prime minister of victorious [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Otto von Bismarck]], enforced his abdication in favour of his son [[George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen|George II]], after which Saxe-Meiningen was admitted to join the [[North German Confederation]]. By 1910, the duchy had grown to {{cvt|2,468|km2}} and 278,762 inhabitants.<ref name="Museum"/> The ducal summer residence was at [[Altenstein Palace|Altenstein]] Castle. Since 1868, the duchy comprised the ''Kreise'' (districts) of [[Hildburghausen]], [[Sonneberg]] and [[Saalfeld]] as well as the northern [[enclave and exclave|exclaves]] of [[Camburg]] and [[Kranichfeld]].
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