Peerage Record – 10400

     Bernhard III Friedrich Wilhelm Albert Georg Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen und Hildburghausen was born on 1 April 1851 at Meiningen, Thüringen, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Georg II Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen und Hildburghausen and Friederike Luise Wilhelmine Marianne Charlotte Prinzessin von Preußen.¹ He married Viktoria Elisabeth Auguste Charlotte Prinzessin von Preußen, daughter of Friedrich III, Deutscher Kaiser, König von Preußen and Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, on 18 February 1878.¹ He died on 16 January 1928 at age 76 at Meiningen, Thüringen, Germany^G.¹
     He gained the title of Herzog Bernhard III von Sachsen-Meiningen und Hildburghausen (styled as HH Reigining Duke of Saxe-Meiningen und Hildburghausen) on 25 June 1914.¹ He abdicated as Duke of Saxe-Meiningen und Hilldburghausen on 10 November 1918.¹

     Georg II Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen und Hildburghausen was born on 2 April 1826 at Meiningen, Thüringen, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Bernhard II Erich Freud Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen und Hildburghausen and Marie Friederike Wilhelmine Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel.¹ He married, firstly, Friederike Luise Wilhelmine Marianne Charlotte Prinzessin von Preußen, daughter of Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht Prinz von Preußen and Marianne von Nassau, Princess of the Netherlands, on 18 May 1850 at Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany^G.¹ He married, secondly, Feodore Viktorie Adelheid Prinzessin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, daughter of Ernst Christian Carl IV Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Anna Feodorovna Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine Prinzessin zu Leiningen, on 23 October 1858 at Langenburg, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.¹ He married, secondly, Helene Franz, daughter of Hermann Franz, on 18 March 1872 at Liebenstein^G in a morganatic marriage.² He was also reported to have been married on 18 November 1850 at Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany^G. He died on 25 June 1914 at age 88 at Wildungen, Germany^G.¹
     He gained the title of Herzog von Sachsen-Hildburghausen on 12 November 1826. He gained the title of Herzog Georg II von Sachsen-Meiningen und Hildburghausen (styled as HH Reigning Duke George II of Saxe-Meiningen and Hildburghausen) on 3 December 1882.¹

     Friederike Luise Wilhelmine Marianne Charlotte Prinzessin von Preußen was born on 21 June 1831 at Schloss Niederschönhausen, Schönhausen, Germany^G.² She was the daughter of Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht Prinz von Preußen and Marianne von Nassau, Princess of the Netherlands. She married Georg II Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen und Hildburghausen, son of Bernhard II Erich Freud Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen und Hildburghausen and Marie Friederike Wilhelmine Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel, on 18 May 1850 at Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany^G.² She was also reported to have been married on 18 November 1850 at Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany^G. She died on 30 March 1855 at age 23 at Meiningen, Thüringen, Germany^G.² She was buried at English Garden, Meiningen, Thüringen, Germany^G.
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Preußen.²

     Feodore Viktoria Auguste Marianne Marie Prinzessin von Sachsen-Meiningen was born on 12 May 1879 at Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany^G.¹ She was the daughter of Bernhard III Friedrich Wilhelm Albert Georg Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen und Hildburghausen and Viktoria Elisabeth Auguste Charlotte Prinzessin von Preußen.¹ She married Heinrich XXX Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz, son of Heinrich IX Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz and Anna Marie Wilhelmine Helene Baronin von Zedlitz und Leipe auf Zülzendorf, on 24 September 1898.¹ She died on 26 August 1945 at age 66 at Schloss Neuhoff, Germany^G.²
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Sachsen-Meiningen (styled as HH Princess of Saxe-Meinigen.¹) She gained the title of Herzogin von Sachsen (styled as HH Duchess of Saxony.¹)

     Charlotte Prinzessin von Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 7 November 1868.¹ She was the daughter of Wilhelm Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Alexandrine Prinzessin von Preußen.¹ She married, firstly, Heinrich XVIII Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz, son of Heinrich II Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz, on 17 November 1886 at Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany^G.¹ She married, secondly, Robert Schmidt on 4 February 1921. She was also reported to have been married on 17 November 1887 at Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany^G. She died on 20 December 1944 at age 76 at Partenkirchen^G.¹
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Mecklenburg-Schwerin.¹

     Robert Schmidt was born on 1 November 1892 at Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany^G. He married Charlotte Prinzessin von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, daughter of Wilhelm Herzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Alexandrine Prinzessin von Preußen, on 4 February 1921. He died on 26 December 1971 at age 79.

     Anna Marie Wilhelmine Helene Baronin von Zedlitz und Leipe auf Zülzendorf married Heinrich IX Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz, son of Heinrich LXXIV Prinz Reuss zu Köstritz and Clementine Gräfin von Reichenbach-Goschutz.¹
     She gained the title of Baronin von Zedlitz und Leipe auf Zülzendorf.

     Calixta Agnes Prinzessin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld was born on 14 October 1895 at Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany^G.² She was the daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Prinz zur Lippe-Biesterfeld and Gisela Berta Adelheid Klothilde Emma Klementine Gräfin zu Ysenburg und Büdingen in Meerholz.² She married Waldemar Wilhelm Ludwig Friedrich Viktor Heinrich Prinz von Preußen, son of Albrecht Wilhelm Heinrich Prinz von Preußen and Irene Luise Maria Anna Prinzessin von Hessen und bei Rhein, on 14 August 1919 at Hemmelmark, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany^G.² She died on 15 December 1982 at age 87 at Schloss Reinhartshausen, Erbach, Hessen, Germany^G.²
     She was given the name of Calixta Agnes Adelheid Irmgard Helene Karole Elise Emma zur Lippe at birth.²

     Friedrich Wilhelm Prinz zur Lippe-Biesterfeld was born on 16 July 1858. He was the son of Julius Prinz zur Lippe and Adelheid Clotilde Auguste zu Castell-Castell.¹ He married Gisela Berta Adelheid Klothilde Emma Klementine Gräfin zu Ysenburg und Büdingen in Meerholz, daughter of Karl Graf zu Ysenburg und Büdingen, in 1895. He died in 1914, killed in action.¹
     He was given the name of Friedrich Wilhelm Franz Julius Ludwig Kalixt at birth.² He fought in the First World War.

     Gisela Berta Adelheid Klothilde Emma Klementine Gräfin zu Ysenburg und Büdingen in Meerholz was born on 27 May 1871. She was the daughter of Karl Graf zu Ysenburg und Büdingen. She married Friedrich Wilhelm Prinz zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, son of Julius Prinz zur Lippe and Adelheid Clotilde Auguste zu Castell-Castell, in 1895. She died on 22 June 1964 at age 93.
     She gained the title of Gräfin zu Ysenburg und Büdingen in Meerholz.²