Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Bernhard II was a duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
Family
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.Bernhard succeeded his father when he was three years old ; because of this, his mother, the Dowager Duchess Luise Eleonore, acted as regent on his behalf until he reached adulthood in 1821.
Marriage
In Kassel on 23 March 1825, Bernhard married Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel. They had two children:| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
| Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | 2 April 1826 | 25 June 1914 | married Princess Charlotte of Prussia; had issue Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg; had issue Ellen Franz; no issue |
| Augusta Luise Adelaide Karoline Ida | 6 August 1843 | 11 November 1919 | married Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg; had issue |
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.