Konrad | |||||
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Prince of Saxe-Meiningen | |||||
Head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen | |||||
Tenure | 4 October 1984 - present | ||||
Predecessor | Prince Bernhard | ||||
Born |
Ziegenberg, Germany |
14 April 1952 ||||
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House | Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
Father | Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
Mother | Baroness Vera Schäffer of Bernstein |
Full name | |
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Johann Friedrich Konrad Carl Eduard Horst Arnold Matthias |
Konrad, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, Duke of Saxony (Given names: Full name: Johann Friedrich Konrad Carl Eduard Horst Arnold Matthias Prinz von Sachsen-Meiningen Herzog zu Sachsen; born 14 April 1952) is a German businessman and the current head of the Ducal House of Saxe-Meiningen.
Prince Konrad was born in Ziegenberg, Hesse, the younger son of Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen. However, he is the only son by his father's dynastic second wife, Baroness Vera Schäffer von Bernstein (1914–1994). Although he is his fathers's second son, Prince Konrad was heir to the headship of the House of Saxe-Meiningen because his father's first marriage to commoner Margot Grössler was morganatic; and as such, his older half-brother, Prince Friedrich Ernst (1935-2004), did not have dynastic rights.
Upon the death of his father on 4 October 1984, Prince Konrad succeeded to headship of the House of Saxe-Meiningen. Since becoming head of the house, he is sometimes given the titular title Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, in addition to the title Duke of Saxony which all male members of the house of Wettin bear. In 1996, Prince Konrad began legal proceedings against the Russian government seeking the rehabilitation of property that had been expropriated after World War II by the Soviet Union.
Prince Konrad studied economics at the University of Heidelberg and business management at University of Göttingen.
Professionally, Prince Konrad is a qualified banker who has worked for various banks as an analyst. Since 1998, he has been an independent advisor specialising in the restructuring of companies, and has also spent time working in the air and car industries. Currently, Prince Konrad is a partner in the Rudolf Döring Law Firm; and since 2007, he has been Managing Director of GWP German Wind Power GmbH.