Bernhard II (17 December 1800 – 3 December 1882) was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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Bernhard II
Photograph of Bernhard II, c. 1871
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Reign	24 December 1803 – 20 September 1866
Predecessor	Georg I
Successor	Georg II
Regent	The Dowager Duchess
Born	(1800-12-17)17 December 1800 Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, Holy Roman Empire
Died	3 December 1882(1882-12-03) (aged 81) Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, German Empire
Spouse	Marie Fredericka of Hesse-Kassel ​ ​ (m. 1825)​
Issue	Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Augusta, Princess Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg
Names Bernhard Erich Freund
House	Saxe-Meiningen
Father	Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Mother	Princess Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Religion	Lutheranism

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Bernhard was the only son of Georg I Frederick Karl, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He was a younger brother of Queen Adelaide of the United Kingdom and Ida, Princess Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.^[1]

Bernhard succeeded his father when he was three years old (1803); because of this, his mother, the Dowager Duchess Luise Eleonore, acted as regent on his behalf until he reached adulthood in 1821.^[1]

In Kassel on 23 March 1825, Bernhard married Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). They had two children:

On 12 November 1826, after the redistribution of all the family territories after the death of the last Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Bernhard received Hildburghausen and Saalfeld.

• Altenstein Palace