Daniel Timo von Sachsen (born 23 June 1975), is a German politician and entrepreneur, and the eldest son of

Rüdiger von Sachsen Rüdiger von Sachsen (; ; 23 December 1953 – 29 March 2022) was a claimant to the Headship of the House of Wettin, Royal House of Saxony. Early life Rüdiger Karl Ernst Timo Aldi was born in Mülheim, the only son of Prince Timo of Saxony (192 ...

, and his wife Astrid Linke. He is a founder of the Wettin Forest Service and the ''Wettiner Golf Cup''.

Early life

Daniel was born in

Duisburg Duisburg (; , ) is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine (Lower Rhine) and the Ruhr (river), Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruh ...

, the then-

West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...

(the second son of Prince Timo of Saxony, but first with his

morganatic Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spous ...

wife, Margrit Lucas) and his wife, Astrid Linke (1949–1989). His paternal grandfather, Prince Timo was a son of

Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony, Duke of Saxony (Ernst Heinrich Ferdinand Franz Joseph Otto Maria Melchiades; 9 December 1896 – 14 June 1971) was a member of the House of Wettin, Saxon Royal Family. Ernst Heinrich was the youngest son of the l ...

(a son of King Friedrich August III of Saxony and his former wife, Archduchess Luise, Countess of Montignoso) and his first wife, Princess Sophie of Luxembourg (the youngest daughter of Grand Duke Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and his wife Maria Anna de Bragança). He was raised in West Germany (

Stein-Wingert Stein-Wingert is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, on the river ...

), not returning to

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

until well after the

Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall (, ) was a guarded concrete Separation barrier, barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany). Construction of the B ...

came down. After secondary school, he joined the army, then studied business economics at

RWTH Aachen University RWTH Aachen University (), in German ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen'', is a German public research university located in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With more than 47,000 students enrolled in 144 study prog ...

, and also trained in forestry.

Career

Together with his father Ruediger, he founded in 2003, and still runs, the Wettinische Forstverwaltung (Wettin Forest Service). He also organizes exhibitions at one of the former family palaces,

Moritzburg Castle Moritzburg Castle () or Moritzburg Palace is a Baroque palace in Moritzburg, in the German state of Saxony, about northwest of the Saxon capital, Dresden. The castle has four round towers and lies on a symmetrical artificial island. It is name ...

(the acclaimed baroque "hunting lodge" for ancestor Frederick Augustus the Strong). Since 2004 he has been a member of the municipal council of Moritzburg and the

Kreis Meißen Kreis is the German word for circle. Kreis may also refer to: Places * , or Circle (administrative division), various subdivisions roughly equivalent to counties, districts or municipalities ** Districts of Germany (including and ) ** Former ...

for the CDU party. In 2017, he removed himself as a candidate to become

King of Poland Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries). During the latter period, a tradition of Royal elections in Poland, free election of monarchs made it a uniquely electab ...

, stating that, as a democrat, he is not interested in being a non-

elected monarch An elective monarchy is a monarchy ruled by a monarch who is elected, in contrast to a hereditary monarchy in which the office is automatically passed down as a family inheritance. The manner of election, the nature of candidate qualifications, ...

Family and personal life

In 2001-2002, he was engaged to singer

Christina Linhardt Christina Linhardt is a German-American singer, actor, and director, best known for her roles in the production of the film ''Guantanamo Circus'', and as the former fiancée of Prince Daniel of Saxony. Linhardt produced, directed, and wrote ''Gu ...

. Two songs on her CD ''Circus Sanctuary'' allude to their relationship. In 2011, he married Sandra Scherer, a scientist. They have two children. He is a founder of the ''Wettiner Golf Cup''. His father claimed to be Head of the Royal House of Saxony. The former royal title however is now part of Daniel's official family name (''Prinz von Sachsen, Herzog zu Sachsen'').

Ancestry

References

External links

Website of the House of Wettin

Wettinische Forstverwaltung ((Wettin Forest Service))
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sachsen, Daniel von 1975 births Living people Politicians from Duisburg Pretenders