Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

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Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Carl August Wilhelm Ernst Friedrich Georg Johann Albrecht) (July 28, 1912 - October 14, 1988) was a German prince and head of the Grand Ducal house of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

He was born in Schloss Wilhelmsthal the second child, but eldest son and heir of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and his second wife Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890-1972). His fathers reign came to an end on 9 November 1918 as a result of the German revolution. When his father died on 24 April 1923, Charles Augustus succeeded him as head of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

Charles Augustus died at Schienen am Bodensee and was succeeded as head of the grand ducal house by his son Michael.

[edit] Marriage

Charles Augustus was married at the Wartburg castle, on 5 October 1944 to Baroness Elisabeth of Wangenheim-Winterstein (b. 1912). They had three children:

Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Duchess of Saxony (b. Burgellern bei Bamberg, 22 July 1945), married 10 July 1981 to Mindert Diderik de Kant (b. 1934). They divorced in 1983.
Prince Michael of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Duke of Saxony (b. Bamberg, 15 November 1946)
Princess Beatrice-Maria of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Duchess of Saxony (b. Bamberg, 11 March 1948), married on 9 December 1977 to Martin Charles Davidson (b. 1940).