Georg Karl Frederick (24 July 1796 in
Hildburghausen – 3 August 1853 in
Hummelshain
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Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German sta ...
) was a duke of
Saxe-Altenburg.
Family
He was the fourth but second surviving son of
Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826) and
Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He fought in the Austrian ranks against
Napoleonic France in the 1813–1814 war.
Georg succeeded his brother
Joseph as Duke of Saxe-Altenburg when he abdicated, in 1848.
Marriage and issue
In
Ludwigslust
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on 7 October 1825 Georg married with
Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
, house = Mecklenburg-Schwerin
, father = Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
, mother = Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Ludwigslust Palace, Ludwigslust, Du ...
. She was a daughter of
and
Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia
Elena Pavlovna (; 24 December 1784 S 13 December– 24 September 1803) was born a grand duchess of Russia as the daughter of Paul I, Emperor of all the Russias and later became the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin as the wife ...
.
They had three sons:
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Ernst I Frederick Paul Georg Nikolaus (b. Hildburghausen, 16 September 1826 – d. Altenburg, 7 February 1908); married
Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau.
# Albrecht Frederick August Bernhard Ludwig Anton Carl Gustav Eduard (b. Hildburghausen, 31 October 1827 – d. Ludwigslust, 28 May 1835).
#
Moritz Franz Friedrich Constantin Alexander Heinrich August Carl Albrecht (b. Eisenberg, 24 October 1829 – d. Arco, Italy, 13 May 1907); married
Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen
, house = Saxe-Meiningen
, father = Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
, mother = Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen
, death_date =
, death_place = ...
.
Ancestry
References
* Heinrich Ferdinand Schoeppl: ''Die Herzoge von Sachsen-Altenburg.'' (Das Herzogliche Haus von Sachsen-Altenburg; Bd. 1). Altenburger Verlag, Altenburg 1992 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Bozen 1917).
* Rudolf Armin Human: ''Chronik der Stadt Hildburghausen.'' Verlag Frankenschwelle, Hildburghausen 1999, (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Hildburghausen 1886).
{{DEFAULTSORT:Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
1796 births
1853 deaths
People from Saxe-Hildburghausen
People from Hildburghausen
House of Saxe-Altenburg
Dukes of Saxe-Altenburg
German military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
Austrian Empire military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
Princes of Saxe-Altenburg