Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen was the head of the house of Saxe-Meiningen from 1941 until his death.
Background
He was born in Kassel the eldest son of Prince Frederick Johann of Saxe-Meiningen (1861-1914) and Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1870–1948). His father was a son of Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his mother a daughter of Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld.
Education
Georg studied law at the Universities of Munich and Jena.
Career
Georg broke off his studies to serve in World War I and saw action as a Captain in a cavalry regiment. After the war he resumed his law studies and for a time served as a substitute judge for the town of Hildburghausen in the Free State of Thuringia. On 1 May 1933 he joined the Nazis, becoming NSDAP member # 2.594.794 Georg died in the Russian prisoner of war camp near Cherepovets (Tscherepowetz in German) in Northern Russia.