Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

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George
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
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Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Reign 1848–1853
Predecessor Joseph
Successor Ernst I
Born (1796-07-24)24 July 1796
Hildburghausen
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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

Family 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).
Preceded by Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
1848–1853
Succeeded by
Ernst I