Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

George
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Reign	1848–1853
Predecessor	Joseph
Successor	Ernst I
Born	24 July 1796 Hildburghausen
Died	3 August 1853 (aged 57) Hummelshain
Spouse	Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Issue	Ernst I Prince Albrecht Frederick Prince Moritz
Full name Georg Karl Frederick
House	House of Wettin
Father	Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Mother	Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Religion	Lutheranism

Georg Karl Frederick (Hildburghausen, 24 July 1796 – Hummelshain, 3 August 1853) was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

Family

He was the fourth but second surviving son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826) and Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He fought in the Austrian ranks against Napoleonic France in the 1813–1814 war.

Georg succeeded his brother Joseph as Duke of Saxe-Altenburg when he abdicated, in 1848.

Marriage and issue

In Ludwigslust on 7 October 1825 Georg married with Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She was a daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia.

They had three sons:

1. Ernst I Frederick Paul Georg Nikolaus (b. Hildburghausen, 16 September 1826 – d. Altenburg, 7 February 1908); married Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau.
2. Albrecht Frederick August Bernhard Ludwig Anton Carl Gustav Eduard (b. Hildburghausen, 31 October 1827 – d. Ludwigslust, 28 May 1835).
3. Moritz Franz Friedrich Constantin Alexander Heinrich August Carl Albrecht (b. Eisenberg, 24 October 1829 – d. Arco, Italy, 13 May 1907); married Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

16. Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen               8. Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen                       17. Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach               4. Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen                             18. Philipp Karl, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau               9. Countess Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau                       19. Countess Charlotte Amalie of Kunowitz               2. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg                                   20. Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar               10. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach                       21. Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst               5. Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar                             22. George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth               11. Margravine Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth                       23. Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck               1. Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg                                         24. Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz               12. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow                       25. Princess Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen               6. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg                             26. Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (= 16)               13. Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen                       27. Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach (= 17)               3. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz                                   28. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt               14. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt                       29. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg               7. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt                             30. Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim               15. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Falkenburg-Dagsburg                       31. Countess Catharine Polyxene of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim

References

• Heinrich Ferdinand Schoeppl: Die Herzoge von Sachsen-Altenburg. (Das Herzogliche Haus von Sachsen-Altenburg; Bd. 1). Altenburger Verlag, Altenburg 1992 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Bozen 1917).
• Rudolf Armin Human: Chronik der Stadt Hildburghausen. Verlag Frankenschwelle, Hildburghausen 1999, ISBN 3-86180-082-9 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Hildburghausen 1886).