Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

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Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

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

He was the fourth but second surviving son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826) and Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

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

In Ludwigslust on 7 October 1825 Georg married with Marie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. They had three sons:

  1. Ernst I Frederick Paul Georg Nikolaus, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (b. Hildburghausen, 16 September 1826 - d. Altenburg, 7 February 1908).
  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).

[edit] Ancestry

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ernest August I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charles Louis Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Friederike Caroline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Luise of Leiningen-Heidesheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preceded by
Joseph
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
1848-1853
Succeeded by
Ernst I