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 .
George Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg (William George Moritz Ernest Albert Frederick Charles Constantine Edward Maximilian; 13 May 1900 – 13 February 1991), was the last head of the ducal house of Saxe-Altenburg and nominal Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.
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 .
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The duchy had its origins in the medieval Burgraviate of Altenburg in the Imperial Pleissnerland (Terra Plisensis), a possession of the Wettin Margraves of Meissen since 1243. Upon a partition treaty of 1485, Altenburg fell to Ernst, Elector of Saxony, the progenitor of the Ernestine Wettins. After the Division of Erfurt in 1572 among Duke Johann W...
Elder line
1. Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg(1603–1639) 2. Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg(1639–1669) 3. Friedrich Wilhelm III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg(1669–1672) Line extinct, inherited by Saxe-Gotha, thereupon Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Junior line
1. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1826–1834) (Previously Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen) 2. Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg(1834–1848) 3. Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg(1848–1853) 4. Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg(1853–1908) 5. Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg(1908–1918)
Christiansburg Castle at EisenbergThe Old Hunting Lodge at HummelshainThe New Hunting Lodge at HummelshainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Saxe-Altenburg" . Encyclopædia Britannica(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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28 de jul. de 2021 · Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg died from pneumonia on February 13, 1991 in Rendsburg, Germany. As he had never married, and his younger brother had died several years earlier with no heirs, this brought an end to the House 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.