Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg | |
Prince Moritz | |
Full Name: | German: Moritz Franz Friedrich Constantin Alexander Heinrich August Carl Albrecht |
Issue: | Marie Anne, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna of Russia Princess Margarethe Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Louise Charlotte, Princess Edward of Anhalt |
House: | House of Wettin |
Father: | Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg |
Mother: | Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin |
Birth Date: | 24 October 1829 |
Birth Place: | Eisenberg, Saxe-Altenburg |
Death Place: | Arco, Tirol, Austria-Hungary |
Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (24 October 1829 in Eisenberg - 13 May 1907 in Arco, Austria-Hungary), was a member of the ducal house of Saxe-Altenburg. He was the father of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.
He was the third but second surviving son of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his first wife Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia).
In Meiningen on 15 October 1862 Moritz married Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, daughter of Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. They had five children:
Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
14 March 1864 | 3 May 1918 | married on 16 April 1882 to Prince Georg of Schaumburg-Lippe. | |
25 January 1865 | 24 March 1927 | married on 27 April 1884 to Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia; [''upon her marriage, she took the name Elizaveta Mavrikievna in a [[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] baptism] | |
Princess Margarethe Marie Agnes Adelaide Karoline Fredericka | 22 May 1867 | 17 June 1882 | |
31 August 1871 | 22 March 1955 | married Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe | |
11 August 1873 | 14 April 1953 | married on 6 February 1895 to Eduard, Duke of Anhalt; they divorced on 26 January 1918, shortly before he died. | |
He received the following orders and decorations:[1]
Moritzstraße in Altenburg is named after the Prince.