Ruler · 1709 – 1729

Ernst Ludwig II

Lived 1709 – 1729. Duke of Duchies of Silesia, 1724 – 1729.

Wikidata's English label: Ernst Ludwig II of Saxe-Meiningen.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1709 – 1729; 20 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Duchies of Silesia
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Duke

Duchies of Silesia · the 24th of 28 dated reigns · 1298 – 1799

20 before

Francesco Farnese1694 – 1727

Adolphus Frederick II1701 – 1708

Adolphus Frederick III1708 – 1752

Ernst Ludwig II1724 – 1729

Antonio Farnese1727 – 1731

Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria1733 – 1799

József Rákóczi1734 – …

1 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1724 – 1729 · 5 years · came to it aged 15

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1729, the year they died

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