Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (Marie Agnes Louise Charlotte; 11 August 1873 – 14 April 1953) was a German noblewoman. She was a princess of

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 kilometer ...

by birth and a Princess of Anhalt by marriage.

Life

She was born on 11 August 1873 and was the daughter of

Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg , image = Prinz Moritz von Sachsen-Altenburg.jpg , image_size = , caption = , spouse = , issue = Marie Anne, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna of Russia Princess Margarethe Ernst II, ...

and his wife,

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 ...

. Her father was a 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 Duch ...

, and a younger brother of

Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (German: Ernst I. Friedrich Paul Georg Nikolaus von Sachsen-Altenburg) (16 September 1826 in Hildburghausen – 7 February 1908 in Altenburg), was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg. He was the first son of Georg, Duke of Sa ...

. Louise Charlotte's mother was the 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 a ...

, and

Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel , house = Hesse-Kassel , father = William II, Elector of Hesse , mother = Princess Augusta of Prussia , birth_date = , birth_place = Kassel , death_date = , death_place = Meiningen, Thüringen, Germany } Princes ...

. Her uncle Ernst I was succeeded as ruling Duke of Saxe-Altenburg by her brother

Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg , image = Ernstii.jpg , image_size = , caption = The Duke in 1915 , succession = Duke of Saxe-Altenburg , reign = 7 February 1908 – , coronation = , predecessor = Ernst I , successor = , spouse = ...

. Louise Charlotte died in Altenburg in 1953, at the age of 79.

Marriage and issue

She married Prince Eduard of Anhalt, a younger son of

Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt , image = Friedrich I Anhalt.jpg , caption = Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt , succession = Duke of Anhalt , reign = 22 May 1871 – 24 January 1904 , coronation = , predecessor = Leopold IV , successor ...

, in Altenburg on 6 February 1895. They divorced on 26 January 1918, a few months before he reigned briefly as Duke of Anhalt. They had six children together: * Frederique Margaretha (11 June 1896 - 18 November 1896) * Leopold Frederick Maurice Ernest Constantine Aribert Eduard (10 February 1897- 26 December 1898) * Marie-Auguste (1898-1983), married

Prince Joachim of Prussia Prince Joachim Franz Humbert of Prussia (17 December 1890 – 18 July 1920) was the youngest son and sixth child of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, by his first wife, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. He committed suicide at age 29. Prince J ...

, the youngest son of Emperor

Wilhelm II of Germany Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor (german: Kaiser) and King of Prussia, reigning from 15 June 1888 until his abdication on 9 November 1918. Despite strengthening the German Empir ...

* Joachim Ernst, the last ruling Duke of Anhalt * Eugen (1903-1980), married Anastasia Jungmeier (1901-1970); their daughter Princess Anastasia (b. 1940) married

Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen Prince Maria Emanuel of Saxony, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen (31 January 1926 – 23 July 2012) was the head of the Royal House of Saxony. Life Born at Prüfening Abbey in Regensburg, Bavaria, he was the eldest child of the then Heredit ...

* Wolfgang Albert Maurice Frederick William Ernest (1912-1936), died at the age of 23

Ancestry

References

1874 births 1953 deaths Duchesses of Anhalt House of Wettin 20th-century German people People from Altenburg Princesses of Saxe-Altenburg {{Germany-royal-stub, Sax