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     Bernhard III. Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen        






Berhard III. Friedrich Wilhelm Albert Georg Duke of 
Saxony-Meiningen
(1.4.1851 - 16.1.1928)
place of birth:  Meiningen, Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen
Generaloberst m.d.R. GFM:  11 September 1909


Colonel general who was promoted to the temporary rank of general field marshal in September 1909. He was the son of Duke George II of Saxony- Meiningen and was married to Kaiser Wilhelm II's oldest sister Charlotte. Bernhard III, the last ruling Duke of Sachsen- Meiningen, died in January 1928 in his hometown of Meiningen.












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