Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Ernst I Frederick Paul Georg Nikolaus, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (German: Ernst I. Friedrich Paul Georg Nikolaus von Sachsen-Altenburg ) (Hildburghausen, 16 September 1826 – Altenburg, 7 February 1908), was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

He was the first son of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Marie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Ernst succeeded his father as Duke of Saxe-Altenburg when he died, in 1853.

Marriage

He was married in Dessau on 28 April 1853 to Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau (1824–1897). Agnes was a sister of Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt.^[1]

They had two children:

• Marie Friederike Leopoldine Georgine Auguste Alexandra Elisabeth Therese Josephine Helene Sophie (b. Eisenberg, 2 August 1854 - d. Camenz, 8 October 1898), married on 19 April 1873 to Albrecht of Prussia.
• Georg Leopold Ernst Joseph Alexander Friedrich Ludwig Johann Albert (b. Altenburg, 1 February 1856 - d. Altenburg, 29 February 1856).

Ernst died without a living male heir; because of this, he was succeeded by his nephew, Ernst.

Ancestry

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