Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

George

Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Reign

1848–1853

Predecessor

Successor

Born

24 July 1796
Hildburghausen

Died

3 August 1853 (aged 57)
Hummelshain

Spouse

Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Issue

Ernst I
Prince Albrecht Frederick
Prince Moritz

Full name
Georg Karl Frederick

House of Wettin

Father

Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Mother

Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Religion

Georg Karl Frederick (Hildburghausen, 24 July 1796 – Hummelshain, 3 August 1853) 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 Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He fought in the Austrian ranks against Napoleonic France in the 1813–1814 war.

Georg succeeded his brother Joseph as Duke of Saxe-Altenburg when he abdicated, in 1848.

Marriage and issue

In Ludwigslust on 7 October 1825 Georg married with Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She was a daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia.

They had three sons:

Ernst I Frederick Paul Georg Nikolaus (b. Hildburghausen, 16 September 1826 – d. Altenburg, 7 February 1908); married Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau.
Albrecht Frederick August Bernhard Ludwig Anton Carl Gustav Eduard (b. Hildburghausen, 31 October 1827 – d. Ludwigslust, 28 May 1835).
Moritz Franz Friedrich Constantin Alexander Heinrich August Carl Albrecht (b. Eisenberg, 24 October 1829 – d. Arco, Italy, 13 May 1907); married Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

16. Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

8. Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

17. Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach

4. Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

18. Philipp Karl, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau

9. Countess Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau

19. Countess Charlotte Amalie of Kunowitz

2. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

20. Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

10. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

21. Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst

5. Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar

22. George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

11. Margravine Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

23. Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

1. Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

24. Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

12. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow

25. Princess Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

6. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg

26. Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (= 16)

13. Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

27. Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach (= 17)

3. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

28. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

14. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt

29. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg

7. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

30. Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim

15. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg

31. Countess Catharine Polyxene of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim

References

Heinrich Ferdinand Schoeppl: Die Herzoge von Sachsen-Altenburg. (Das Herzogliche Haus von Sachsen-Altenburg; Bd. 1). Altenburger Verlag, Altenburg 1992 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Bozen 1917).
Rudolf Armin Human: Chronik der Stadt Hildburghausen. Verlag Frankenschwelle, Hildburghausen 1999, ISBN 3-86180-082-9 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Hildburghausen 1886).

Preceded by Joseph	Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 1848–1853	Succeeded by Ernst I

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 62641704 GND: 129937010

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