Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (''Carl August Wilhelm Ernst Friedrich Georg Johann Albrecht''; 28 July 1912 – 14 October 1988), was a German prince and head of the grand ducal house of
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Life
He was born in Schloss
Wilhelmsthal
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as the eldest son and heir of
Wilhelm Ernst, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and his second wife,
Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen. His father's reign came to an end on 9 November 1918, as a result of the
German revolution
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When his father died on 24 April 1923, Charles Augustus succeeded him as head of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Charles Augustus died at
Schienen
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Michael.
Marriage and issue
Charles Augustus was married at the
Wartburg Castle on 5 October 1944 to
Baroness Elisabeth of Wangenheim-Winterstein
Baroness Elisabeth of Wangenheim-Winterstein (german: Elisabeth Freiin von Wangenheim-Winterstein ; 16 January 191215 March 2010) was the wife of Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and the mother of Prince Michael ...
(
Tübingen, 16 January 1912 –
Munich, 15 March 2010), daughter of Othmar Baron von Wangenheim-Winterstein and wife, Baroness Maud von Trützschler. They had three children:
* Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (22 July 1945); she married Mindert Diderik de Kant on 10 July 1981 and they were divorced in 1983.
*
Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (15 November 1946); he married Renate Henkel on 4 July 1970 and they were divorced in 1974. He remarried Dagmar Hennings in 1980. They have one daughter.
* Princess Beatrice-Maria of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (11 March 1948); she married Martin Davidson on 9 December 1977. They have one daughter:
** Bettina Davidson (1979)
Ancestry
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1912 births
1988 deaths
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