Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
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Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Kassel, 11 October 1892 - d. as prisoner of war [POW] in the Russian camp of Tschernpowetz, Siberia, 6 January 1946), was the head of the house of Saxe-Meiningen.
He was the eldest son of the Prince Frederick Johann (second son of Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen) and Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld.
After the death of his uncle Bernhard III, in 1928, Georg assumed the headship of the house of Saxe-Meiningen and the title of Duke of Saxe-Meiningen only nominal (as Georg III), because Bernhard III lost the duchy in 1918.
He married in Freiburg im Breisgau on 22 February 1919 to Countess Klara Maria of Korff gt Schmissing-Kerssenbrock. They had four children:
- Anton Ulrich (b. Jena, 23 December 1919 - killed in action, Albert-sur-Somme, 20 May 1940).
- Frederick Alfred Carl Ludwig Vincenz Maria (b. Jena, 5 April 1921 - d. Bennington, 18 September 1997); he was a Carthusian monk and allowed the succession to pass him by in favor of his uncle.
- Marie Elisabeth (b. Jena, 18 December 1922 - d. Jena, 31 March 1923).
- Regina Helene Elisabeth Margarete (b. Würzburg, 6 January 1925), married on 10 May 1951 to Archduke Otto von Habsburg, Crown Prince of the Austrian Empire.
On his death the headship of the Ducal house of Saxe-Meiningen passed to his younger brother Prince Bernhard as Georg's son Frederick Alfred allowed the succession to skip him.
| Preceded by Bernhard III |
Head of the Ducal House of Saxe-Meiningen 1928-1946 |
Succeeded by Prince Bernhard |
