Peerage Record – 11093

     Karoline Friederike Gräfin von Wartensleben was born in 1844.² She was the daughter of Leopold Graf von Wartensleben. She married Ernst Prinz zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, son of Julius Prinz zur Lippe and Adelheid Clotilde Auguste zu Castell-Castell.¹ She died in 1905.²

     Ernst Leopold Friedrich Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen was born on 23 September 1895 at Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Friedrich Johann Bernhard Hermann Heinrich Moritz Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen and Adelheid Karoline Prinzessin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld.¹ He died on 17 August 1914 at age 18 at Mauberge, France^G, killed in action.¹
     He gained the title of Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen.¹ He fought in the First World War.

     Georg III Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen was born on 11 October 1892.² He was the son of Friedrich Johann Bernhard Hermann Heinrich Moritz Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen and Adelheid Karoline Prinzessin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld.¹ He married Klara-Marie Gräfin von Korff gennant Schmising-Kerssenbrock, daughter of Alfred Graf von Korff gennant Schmising-Kerssenbrock and Helene Gräfin von Hilgers, on 22 February 1919 at Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany^G.² He died on 6 January 1946 at age 53 at POW Camp, Tschernpowetz, Siberia, Russia^G.²
     He gained the title of Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen.¹ He gained the title of Georg III Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen.³

     Klara-Marie Gräfin von Korff gennant Schmising-Kerssenbrock was born on 31 May 1895 at Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany^G.² She was the daughter of Alfred Graf von Korff gennant Schmising-Kerssenbrock and Helene Gräfin von Hilgers.² She married Georg III Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen, son of Friedrich Johann Bernhard Hermann Heinrich Moritz Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen and Adelheid Karoline Prinzessin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, on 22 February 1919 at Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany^G.² She died on 10 February 1992 at age 96 at Austria^G.
     She gained the title of Gräfin von Korff gennant Schmising-Kerssenbrock.¹

     Luise Marie Elisabeth Mathilde Katherine Prinzessin von Sachsen-Meiningen was born on 13 March 1899. She was the daughter of Friedrich Johann Bernhard Hermann Heinrich Moritz Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen and Adelheid Karoline Prinzessin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld.¹ She married Götz Baron von Wangenheim on 25 October 1936 at Detmold, Germany^G. She died on 14 February 1985 at age 85 at Oexhelbrunn^G.
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Sachsen-Meiningen.¹ Her married name became von Wangenheim.

     Götz Baron von Wangenheim was born on 18 January 1895. He married Luise Marie Elisabeth Mathilde Katherine Prinzessin von Sachsen-Meiningen, daughter of Friedrich Johann Bernhard Hermann Heinrich Moritz Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen and Adelheid Karoline Prinzessin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, on 25 October 1936 at Detmold, Germany^G. He died on 5 October 1941 at age 46 at Tschernatzkoje, Russia^G, killed in action.
     He gained the title of Baron von Wangenheim.¹ He fought in the Second World War.

     Bernhard Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen was born on 30 June 1901.² He is the son of Friedrich Johann Bernhard Hermann Heinrich Moritz Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen and Adelheid Karoline Prinzessin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld.¹ He married, firstly, Margot Grössler, daughter of Friedrich Grössler and Erika Wägner, on 25 April 1931 at Eichenhof im Riesenget, Germany.² He and Margot Grössler were divorced on 10 June 1947 at Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany^G.² He married, secondly, Vera Baronin Schäffer von Bernstein, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Fritz Schäffer von Bernstein, Baron Schäffer von Bernstein and Karola von Passavant, on 11 August 1948 at Ziegenberg über Bad Neuheim.²
     He gained the title of Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen.¹

     Margot Grössler was born on 22 January 1911.² She is the daughter of Friedrich Grössler and Erika Wägner.² She married Bernhard Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen, son of Friedrich Johann Bernhard Hermann Heinrich Moritz Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen and Adelheid Karoline Prinzessin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, on 25 April 1931 at Eichenhof im Riesenget, Germany.² She and Bernhard Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen were divorced on 10 June 1947 at Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany^G.²

     Vera Baronin Schäffer von Bernstein was born on 10 August 1914 at Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen, Germany^G.² She is the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Fritz Schäffer von Bernstein, Baron Schäffer von Bernstein and Karola von Passavant.² She married Bernhard Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen, son of Friedrich Johann Bernhard Hermann Heinrich Moritz Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen and Adelheid Karoline Prinzessin zur Lippe-Biesterfeld, on 11 August 1948 at Ziegenberg über Bad Neuheim.²
     She gained the title of Baronin Schäffer von Bernstein.¹

     Alfred Graf von Korff gennant Schmising-Kerssenbrock married Helene Gräfin von Hilgers.¹
     He gained the title of Graf von Korff gennant Schmising-Kerssenbrock.¹