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Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen 1826-1918 (Germany)
Herzogtum Sachsen-Meiningen-Hildburghausen
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by Santiago Dotor
Colours adopted ca. 1826, order fixed 1835,
abolished 1920
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Introduction
The Ernestine line of the Wettin dinasty
divided itself further (...). The line of Saxe-Meiningen was founded in
1681 by Duke Bernard, sixth son of Ernest the Pious of Saxe-Gotha. In 1825
another branch of Saxe-Gotha extinguished and Saxe-Meiningen doubled its
size.
Theo van der Zalm, 15 June 2001
Description
Landesfarben: Horizontal bicolor green-white. In use until 1918.
Norman Martin, March 1998
Saxe-Meiningen placed the colours green over white officially from 1835.
Mario Fabretto, 24 August 1998
Variant, possibly mistaken or pre-1835
image by Santiago Dotor
Siebmacher 1878, table 8, gives
a white and green flag for Saxe-Meiningen.
Theo van der Zalm, 15 June 2001