| Prince Ernst Heinrich | |
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| Spouse | Princess Sophie of Luxembourg Virginia Dulon |
| Issue | |
| Prince Dedo Prince Timo Prince Gero |
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| Full name | |
| German: Ernst Heinrich Ferdinand Franz Joseph Otto Maria Melchiades | |
| House | House of Wettin |
| Father | Frederick Augustus III of Saxony |
| Mother | Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany |
| Born | 9 December 1896 Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony |
| Died | 14 June 1971 (aged 74) Neckarhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony, Duke of Saxony[1][2] (German: Ernst Heinrich Ferdinand Franz Joseph Otto Maria Melchiades, Prinz von Sachsen, Herzog zu Sachsen[1][2]) (9 December 1896, Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony[1][2] – 14 June 1971, Neckarhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany[1][2]) was a member of the Saxon Royal Family.[1][2] Ernst Heinrich was the youngest son[1][2] of the last Saxon monarch Frederick Augustus III and his wife Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany.[1][2] From 1923 through 1945 Ernst Heinrich was Administrative Chief of the association „Club House – Alberti nische Linie e.V.“.
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Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony spend his childhood in Dresden, Pillnitz, and Moritzburg under the parenting of his father. The loss of his mother, who left the family permanently in 1902, affected his father and siblings very deeply, according to their own statements. Ernst Heinrich, who was only six at the time, was possibly the child who felt this loss most.
In World War I, Ernst Heinrich served from September 1914 as Ordonnanzoffizier in the General Kommando of XIX. Army Corps at Reims and Lille. After a four-month leave in 1916, he took part in the Battle of the Somme as a member of the staff of the 24th Reserve Division, and in the spring of 1917 he took over leadership of the 9th Company of Reserve-Infantry Regiments No. 104 in Brzetany (east Galicia). He was in the hospital for two months in 1917, after which he commanded the 9th Battery of Artillery Regiments No. 115 in the area around Ypres. Beginning in May 1918, he led the 1st Squadron of Mounted Guard Regiments in Stary Bychow at Dnieper in Russia, and in August of the same year, he was in charge of the Saxon troops in Dorpat, Reval and Finland. In November and December 1918, Ernst Heinrich oversaw the return of Saxon troops to Germany.
Ernst Heinrich was first married[1][2] to Princess Sophie of Luxembourg,[1][2] sixth and youngest daughter[1][2] of William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and his wife Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal,[1][2] on 12 April 1921 at Schloss Hohenburg.[1][2] Ernst Heinrich and Sophie had three sons:[1][2]
Sophie died on 24 May 1941 in Munich of pneumonia.[1][2][6] Following her death, Ernst Heinrich married second (and morganatically) Virginia Dulon on 28 June 1947 in Paris.[1][2] This marriage was without issue.[1][2]
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