Ernest Frederick III

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Ernest Frederick III
Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Reign	13 August 1745 – 23 September 1780
Predecessor	Ernest Frederick II
Successor	Frederick
Regent	The Dowager Duchess
Born	(1727-06-10)10 June 1727 Königsberg, Bavaria
Died	23 September 1780(1780-09-23) (aged 53) Seidingstadt
Spouse	Louise of Denmark Christiane Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar
Issue	Princess Juliane Princess Marie Ernestine, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Princess Christine Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Names Ernst Frederick Karl
House	Saxe-Hildburghausen
Father	Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Mother	Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau

Ernest Frederick III Karl, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (10 June 1727 in Königsberg in Bayern – 23 September 1780 in Seidingstadt), was a duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.