Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ernst II (31 August 1871 in Altenburg – 22 March 1955 in Trockenborn-Wolfersdorf) was the last reigning duke of Saxe-Altenburg . Contents 1 Early life 2 First marriage 3 World War I 4 Later life 5 Honours 6 Ancestry 7 References Early life
- 7 February 1908 – 13 November 1918
- Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen
REIGNS: – Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (September 23, 1780 – November 12, 1826) – Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (November 12, 1826 – September 29, 1834) Died: September 29, 1834 at the Jagdhaus Hummelshain, Altenburg. Buried: Municipal Cemetery in Altenburg. Unofficial Royalty: Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Charlotte Georgine of ...
Saxe-Altenburg (German: Sachsen-Altenburg) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin in present-day Thuringia. It was one of the smallest of the German states with an area of 1323 square kilometers and a population of 207,000 (1905) of whom about one fifth resided in the capital, Altenburg.
- Altenburg
- State of the Holy Roman Empire, State of the German Confederation, State of the North German Confederation, State of the German Empire, State of the Weimar Republic
- Principality
Ernst II of Saxe-Altenburg (born Ernst Bernhard Georg Johann Karl Friedrich Peter Albert von Wettin) is the 5th and current ruler of the Thuringian Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg, one of the constituent states of the German Empire, succeeding his uncle Ernst on 7 February 1908.
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Ernst II Bernhard Georg Johann Karl Frederick Peter Albert, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (31 August 1871 in Altenburg – 22 March 1955 in Trockenborn-Wolfersdorf) was the last reigning duke of Saxe-Altenburg.
He was the fourth child and only son of Prince Moritz, the youngest son of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen. The death of his father, on the 13 May 1907, made him first in the line of succession to the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg. He inherited the dukedom when his uncle and namesake, Ernst I, died without any survivi...
In Bückeburg, Ernst married his first wife, Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe, a granddaughter of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. They had four children: Princess Charlotte Agnes (Potsdam, 4 March 1899 – Hemmelmark bei Eckernförde, 16 February 1989); married on 11 July 1919 Prince Sigismund of Prussia. Georg Moritz, Hereditary Princ...
Joseph Georg Friedrich Ernst Karl, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (27 August 1789 in Hildburghausen – 25 November 1868 in Altenburg), was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg. He was the second but first surviving son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826) and Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Joseph succeeded his father as Duke of Saxe-Altenburg after his ...
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