Prince Albert Charles Anthony Louis William Victor of Saxony, Duke of Saxony (; 25 February 1875 – 16 September 1900) was a
Saxon
The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony () which became a Carolingian " stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany. Many of their neighbours were, like th ...
prince from the
House of Wettin
The House of Wettin () was a dynasty which included Saxon monarch, kings, Prince Elector, prince-electors, dukes, and counts, who once ruled territories in the present-day German federated states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The dynas ...
. He was the youngest son of
King Georg I of Saxony (son of
King Johann I of Saxony and his consort
Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria) and his wife,
Infanta Maria Ana of Portugal (daughter of
Queen Maria II of Portugal and her consort,
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Kohary).
He died on 16 September 1900 in a traffic accident. A
phaeton driven by
Miguel de Bragança hit Albert's carriage so violently that the carriage overturned into a ditch. Albert died from his injuries a few hours later. There were rumours that Miguel had done this on purpose, but this was never proven. Because it could not be determined whether this was an accident or intentional, Miguel escaped a
court martial
A court-martial (plural ''courts-martial'' or ''courts martial'', as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of members of the mili ...
. However, he had to resign from his army post and leave the country.
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House of Wettin
1875 births
1900 deaths
Saxon princes
19th-century German people
Albertine branch
Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
Road incident deaths in Germany
Burials at Dresden Cathedral
Sons of kings
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