Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (30 April 1798 – 26 November 1869) was a sovereign prince of
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was a small historic state in present-day Thuringia, Germany, with its capital at Rudolstadt.
History
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was established in 1599 in the course of a resettlement of Schwarzburg dynasty lands. Since th ...
.
Biography
He was born in
Rudolstadt
Rudolstadt is a town in the German federal state Thuringia, with the Thuringian Forest to the southwest, and to Jena and Weimar to the north.
The former capital of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, the town is built along the River Saale inside a wide va ...
the second son of the reigning prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt,
Louis Frederick II and his wife
Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1771–1854). His father died on 28 April 1807, and his brother
Friedrich Günther (* 1793) succeeded him as sovereign prince with Albert becoming the
heir presumptive
An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question.
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. Landgravine Caroline acted as regent for Albert's brother Friedrich Günther until he came of age in 1814. As a Prussian Lieutenant, the 16 years old Albert participated 1814 and 1815 as member of the staff of
Louis William, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Louis William, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (29 August 1770 in Homburg – 19 January 1839 in Luxembourg), was Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg from 1829 until his death.
Biography
Louis was the second son of Landgrave Frederick V and his wife Carol ...
, his uncle, in the Prussian campaign against
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
. Serving in the Prussian army, he married 1827 Auguste zu Solms-Braunfels, a niece of the Prussian king.
Following the death of his brother Friedrich Günther on 28 June 1867, Albert succeeded his brother as reigning prince instead of his nephew
Prince Sizzo of Leutenberg, who was born as a result of a
morganatic
Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spous ...
marriage. His short two-year reign came to an end following his death in Rudolstadt. He was succeeded by his son
Hereditary Prince Georg.
Marriage and children
On 26 July 1827, Prince Albert was married to Princess Augusta Luise of Solms-Braunfels (25 July 1804 – 8 October 1865), daughter of
Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and
Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels
Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels (22 October 1770 in Braunfels – 13 April 1814 in Slawentzitz) was a Prussian Major General and by birth member of the House of Solms-Braunfels.
Early life
He was the fourth son of Ferdinand William ...
and niece of the Prussian king
Friedrich Wilhelm III. .
They had four children.
* Prince Karl Günther (1828-1828)
* Princess Elisabeth (1833–1896) married
Leopold III, Prince of Lippe
Leopold III of Lippe (Paul Friedrich Emil Leopold; 1 September 1821 – 8 December 1875) was the sovereign of the Principality of Lippe reigning from 1851 until his death.
Early life and ascension
Leopold III was born in Detmold the eldest child ...
*
Prince Georg (1838–1890)
* Prince Ernst Heinrich (1848-1848)
References
External links
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1798 births
1869 deaths
German princes
House of Schwarzburg
Generals of Cavalry (Prussia)