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Frederick Konrad, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen

Konrad
Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
Head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen
Tenure 4 October 1984 - present
Predecessor Prince Bernhard
Born (1952-04-14) 14 April 1952 (age 66)
Ziegenberg, Germany
Full name
Johann Friedrich Konrad Carl Eduard Horst Arnold Matthias
House Saxe-Meiningen
Father Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
Mother Baroness Vera Schäffer of Bernstein
Full name
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.


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