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Marie Anne, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna of Russia Princess Margarethe
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
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, caption = The Duke in 1915
, succession = Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
, reign = 7 February 1908 –
, coronation =
, predecessor = Ernst I
, successor =
, spouse = ...
Louise Charlotte, Princess Edward of Anhalt
, house =
House of Wettin
The House of Wettin () is a dynasty of German kings, prince-electors, dukes, and counts that once ruled territories in the present-day German states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The dynasty is one of the oldest in Europe, and its ori ...
, father =
Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Georg Karl Frederick (24 July 1796 in Hildburghausen – 3 August 1853 in Hummelshain) 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 ...
, mother =
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 ...
, birth_date =
, birth_place =
Eisenberg,
Saxe-Altenburg
Saxe-Altenburg (german: Sachsen-Altenburg, links=no) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia. It was one of the smallest of the German states with an area of 1323 square kilomete ...
, death_date =
, death_place =
Arco
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,
Tirol
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,
Austria-Hungary
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, place of burial=
Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (24 October 1829 in
Eisenberg – 13 May 1907 in
Arco
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,
Austria-Hungary
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), was a member of the
ducal house of Saxe-Altenburg. He was the father of
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
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, caption = The Duke in 1915
, succession = Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
, reign = 7 February 1908 –
, coronation =
, predecessor = Ernst I
, successor =
, spouse = ...
.
Family
He was the third but second surviving son of
Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Georg Karl Frederick (24 July 1796 in Hildburghausen – 3 August 1853 in Hummelshain) 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 ...
and
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 ...
(daughter of
and his first wife
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 ...
).
Marriage and issue
In
Meiningen
Meiningen () is a town in the southern part of the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in the region of Franconia and has a population of around 25,000 (2021). on 15 October 1862 Moritz 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 = Al ...
, daughter of
Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Bernhard II (17 December 1800, in Meiningen – 3 December 1882, in Meiningen) was a Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
Family
He was the only son of Georg I Frederick Karl, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Bernhard was ...
. They had five children:
Honours
He received the following orders and decorations:
[''Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Altenburg'' (1902), "Genealogie des Herzoglichen Hauses]
pp. 3
4
Moritzstraße in
Altenburg
Altenburg () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region betw ...
is named after the Prince.
Ancestry
References
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House of Saxe-Altenburg
1829 births
1907 deaths
People from Saale-Holzland-Kreis
Recipients of the Iron Cross, 2nd class
Generals of Cavalry (Prussia)
Princes of Saxe-Altenburg