Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg
| Moritz | |||||
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| Prince of Saxe-Altenburg | |||||
| Spouse | Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
| Issue |
Marie Anne, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna of Russia Ernest II Princess Margarethe of Saxe-Altenburg Louise, Duchess of Anhalt | ||||
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| House | House of Saxe-Altenburg | ||||
| Father | Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | ||||
| Mother | Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||||
| Born |
24 October 1829 Eisenberg | ||||
| Died |
13 May 1907 (aged 77) Arco, Kingdom of Italy | ||||
Moritz Franz Friedrich Constantin Alexander Heinrich August Carl Albrecht of Saxe-Altenburg (Eisenberg, 24 October 1829 – Arco, Italy, 13 May 1907), was a German prince of the ducal house of Saxe-Altenburg. He was the father of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.
Family
He was the third but second surviving son of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his first wife Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia).
Marriage and issue
In Meiningen on 15 October 1862 Moritz married Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, daughter of Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. They had five children:
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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| Princess Marie Anne | 14 March 1864 | 3 May 1918 | married on 16 April 1882 to Prince Georg of Schaumburg-Lippe. |
| Princess Elisabeth Augusta Marie Agnes | 25 January 1865 | 24 March 1927 | married on 27 April 1884 to Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia; [upon her marriage, she took the name Elizaveta Mavrikievna in a Russian Orthodox baptism] |
| Princess Margarethe Marie Agnes Adelaide Karoline Fredericka | 22 May 1867 | 17 June 1882 | |
| Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | 31 August 1871 | 22 March 1955 | married Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe |
| Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg | 11 August 1873 | 14 April 1953 | married on 6 February 1895 to Eduard, Duke of Anhalt; they divorced on 26 January 1918, shortly before he died. |
Ancestry
| Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen | |||||||||||||
| Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | |||||||||||||
| Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar | |||||||||||||
| Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | |||||||||||||
| Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | |||||||||||||
| Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | |||||||||||||
| Friederike Caroline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt | |||||||||||||
| Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg | |||||||||||||
| Friedrich Franz I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |||||||||||||
| Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |||||||||||||
| Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |||||||||||||
| Marie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | |||||||||||||
| Paul I of Russia | |||||||||||||
| Elena Pavlovna of Russia | |||||||||||||
| Sophia Dorothea of Württemberg | |||||||||||||
Decorations and awards
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia)
- Grand Cross of the Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order (Saxon Duchies)
- House Order of the Rue Crown (Saxony)
- Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order (Hanover)
- House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis (Oldenburg)
- House Order of the White Falcon (Weimar)
- House Order of Albert the Bear (Anhalt Duchies)
Moritzstraße in Altenburg is named after the Prince.