Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg

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Albert Heinrich Joseph Carl Viktor Georg Friedrich of Saxe-Altenburg (b. Munich, 14 April 1843 - d. Serrahn, 22 May 1902) was a German prince of the ducal house of Saxe-Altenburg.

He was the eldest son (third in order of birth but the only one who survived into adulthood) of Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg (youngest son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen) and his second wife, Luise Caroline Reuss of Greiz.

He was married fistly in Berlin on 6 June 1885 to Princess Marie Elisabeth of Prussia. They had two daughters:

1. Olga Elisabeth Carola Victoria Maria Anna Agnes Antoinette (b. Schloß Albrechtsberg, 17 April 1886 - d. Münster, 13 January 1955), married on 20 May 1913 to Karl Frederick, Count of Pückler-Burghauss and Freiherr von Groditz.
2. Marie (b. Schloß Albrechtsberg, 6 June 1888 - d. Hamburg, 12 November 1947), married on 20 April 1911 to Heinrich XXXV Reuss of Köstritz; they divorced in 1921.

He was married secondly in Remplin on 13 December 1891 to Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. They had no children.