Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (b. Meiningen, 22 October 1687 - d. Frankfurt, 27 January 1763), was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

He was the second but first surviving son (in order of birth was the eighth) of Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his second wife, Elisabeth Eleonore of Brünswick-Wolfenbüttel.

In 1711, Anton Ulrich married with Philippine Elisabeth Caesar. This marriage was unequal, but she was created Princess (Fürstin) in 1727. They have ten children, all created Prince/Princess with his mother and barren of the succession of Saxe-Meiningen:

1. Philippine Antoinette (b. Meiningen, 1 August 1712 - d. Meiningen, 21 January 1785).
2. Philippine Elisabeth (b. Meiningen, 10 September 1713 - d. Meiningen, 18 March 1781).
3. Philippine Luise (b. Meiningen, 10 October 1714 - d. Meiningen, 25 October 1771).
4. Philippine Wilhelmine (b. Meiningen, 11 October 1715 - d. Meiningen, 1718).
5. Bernhard Ernst (b. Meiningen, 14 December 1716 - d. Meiningen, 14 June 1778).
6. Antonie Augusta (b. Meiningen, 29 December 1717 - d. Meiningen, 19 September 1768).
7. Sophie Wilhelmine (b. Meiningen, 23 February 1719 - d. Meiningen, 24 November 1723).
8. Karl Ludwig (b. Meiningen, 30 October 1721 - d. Meiningen, May 1727).
9. Christine Fredericka (b. Meiningen, 13 December 1723 - d. young).
10. Frederick Ferdinand (b. Meiningen, 12 March 1725 - d. Meiningen, 17 June 1725).

The deaths of his old half-brothers and nephews (1724-1746), make him the next in the line for the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen. In 10 March 1746, Anton Ulrich asumed the post after the death of his half-brother, Frederick Wilhelm. His wife, Philippine, have died in 1744.

In Homburg vor der Höhe on 26 September 1750, Anton Ulrich married with Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal, forty-three years younger. They have eight children:

1. Marie Charlotte Amalie Ernestine Wilhelmine Philippine (b. Frankfurt, 11 September 1751 - d. Genoa, 25.4.1827), married on 21 March 1769 to Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
2. Wilhelmine Luise Christiane (b. Frankfurt, 6 August 1752 - d. Kassel, 3 June 1805), married on 18 October 1781 to Adolf, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld.
3. Elisabeth Sophie Wilhelmine Friederike (b. Frankfurt, 11 September 1753 - d. Frankfurt, 3 Fbruary 1754).
4. August lhelm of Saxe-Meiningen (1763-1782), *Frankfurt 19.11.1754, +Sonneberg 21.7.1782; m.Gedern 5.6.1780 Pss Luise zu Stolberg-Gedern (*Gedern 13.10.1764, +Carlsruhe, Silesia 24.5.1834, bur there)
5. Friedrich Franz Ernst Ludwig, *Frankfurt 16.3.1756, +Frankfurt 25.3.1761, bur Meiningen
6. Friedrich Wilhelm, *Frankfurt 18.5.1757, +Frankfurt 13.4.1758, bur Meiningen
7. Duke GEORG I Friedrich Karl of Saxe-Meiningen (1763-1803), *Frankfurt 4.2.1761, +Meiningen 24.12.1803
8. Amalie, *Frankfurt 4.3.1762, +Carolath 28.5.1798; m.Meiningen 10.2.1783 Heinrich Karl Erdmann Fst von Carolath-Beuthen