| Daniel von Sachsen | |
| Birth Name: | Daniel Timo von Sachsen |
| Birth Date: | 23 June 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Children: | 2 |
| Father: | Rüdiger von Sachsen |
| Mother: | Astrid Linke |
Daniel Timo von Sachsen (born 23 June 1975), is a German politician and entrepreneur, and the eldest son of Rüdiger von Sachsen,[1] and his wife Astrid Linke.[2]
He is a founder of the Wettin Forest Service and the Wettiner Golf Cup.
Daniel was born in Duisburg, the then-West Germany to Rüdiger von Sachsen (the second son of Prince Timo of Saxony, but first with his morganatic wife, Margrit Lucas) and his wife, Astrid Linke (1949–1989).
His paternal grandfather, Prince Timo was a son of Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony (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), not returning to Dresden until well after the Berlin Wall came down. After secondary school, he joined the army, then studied business economics at RWTH Aachen University, and also trained in forestry.
Together with his father Ruediger, he founded in 2003, and still runs, the Wettinische Forstverwaltung (Wettin Forest Service).[3] He also organizes exhibitions at one of the former family palaces, Moritzburg Castle (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 for the CDU party. In 2017, he removed himself as a candidate to become King of Poland, stating that, as a democrat, he is not interested in being a non-elected monarch.[4]
In 2001-2002, he was engaged to singer Christina Linhardt. Two songs on her CD Circus Sanctuary allude to their relationship.[5] [6] [7] [8]
In 2011, he married Sandra Scherer, a scientist. They have two children.
He is a founder of the Wettiner Golf Cup.[9]
His father claimed to be Head of the Royal House of Saxony. The former royal title however is now part of Daniel's offial family name (Prinz von Sachsen, Herzog zu Sachsen).