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Saxe-Meiningen

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[saks-mahy-ning-uhn] / ˈsæksˈmaɪ nɪŋ ən /

noun

  1. a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.


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His creations scared the crap out of groundlings and aristocrats alike, including the Queen of Denmark and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2019

After ascending the throne, he lived in the Teddington palace with his queen, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally in 1951, at 38, he married Germany's Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen.

From Time Magazine Archive

To Archduke Otto von Habsburg, 52, scholarly pretender to the Austrian throne until 1961, when he renounced his claim; and Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, 39: their seventh child, second son; in Munich.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is naturally surprising that Prince Bernhardt, as heir to his father's crown, should not take up his residence in the capital of the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, instead of being condemned to vegetate at Breslau.

From The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I. (of 2) by Fontenoy, Mme. la Marquise de