Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg explained

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.

Family

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).

Marriage and issue

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:

NameBirthDeathNotes
14 March 18643 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.

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:[1]

Moritzstraße in Altenburg is named after the Prince.

Notes and References

  1. Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Altenburg (1902), "Genealogie des Herzoglichen Hauses" pp. 3-4