State · 1675 – 1918

Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen

A state of 1675 – 1918 — 243 years in Europe. It replaced Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Its line of rulers holds 2 people.

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

Stood: 243 years; 1675 – 1918
Rulers: 2; the Head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen
Most ground: 3,300 km²; in 1828
Symbols: 3; on record, with years

Map: Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen in 1828, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen in 1828, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 3,300 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen · replaces · 1680 – 1826

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

ending not on record

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Bernhard I of Saxe-Meiningen	1675 – 1706	31 years	ending not on record
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen	1918 – 1928	10 years	ending not on record

2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1675 – 1928. Median reign 20.5 years. 0 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

1,200 km² in 1825, 3,300 km² in 1865; at its largest 3,300 km² in 1835. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, undatedFlag of Saxe-Meiningen (1826) · Public domain
flag, undatedFlagge Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha (1826-1911) · Public domain
coat of arms, undatedCoat of Arms of the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Glasshouse , using elements of Sodacan, Trondivers and Avalokitesvara

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood243 years
stood longer than 68% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held3,300 km²
held more ground at its peak than 7% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median31 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 85% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record2
has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1651 – 1942, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1828, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q157710 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.