Hermann George Bernard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (4 August 1825 at Altenstein Castle – 31 August 1901 in

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) was Prince of

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and Duke of Saxony, and a

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in the

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army.

Life

Hermann was the third son of Prince Bernard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792-1862) from his marriage to

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(1794–1852), the daughter of

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. He was a nephew of Queen

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of Great Britain. In 1840, Hermann enrolled at the military academy of Württemberg. He became a

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and from 1859, he was commander of the Württemberg Royal Cavalry Division. He received several medals, including the

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, the Grand Cross of the

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, the

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and the Order of the Crown. He died on 31 August 1901 and was buried at the Pragfriedhof in

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. The in Stuttgart is named after him.

Marriage and issue

Hermann married on 17 June 1851 in

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to Princess Augusta of Württemberg (1826-1898), the youngest daughter of King

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. They had the following children: * Pauline (1852–1904) : married 1873 to Hereditary Grand Duke

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of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844-1894) *

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(1853-1924) : married in 1885 to Princess Gerta of Isenburg-Büdingen-Wächtersbach (1863-1945) * Bernhard (1855-1907), from 1901 "Count of Crayenburg", married :# in 1900 Marie Louise Brockmüller (1866-1903) :# in 1905 Countess Elisabeth von der Schulenburg (1869-1940) * Alexander (1857-1891) * Ernest (1859-1909) * Olga (1869-1924) : married in 1902 Prince Leopold of Isenburg-Büdingen (1866-1933), eldest son of

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Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:''Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach'' (1900), "Genealogie" pp
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Ancestry

References

* ''Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach'', Weimar, 1864, p. 6
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Footnotes

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