Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg

Princess Charlotte Agnes

Princess Sigismund of Prussia

Princess Charlotte with her family ca. 1906. In the picture: Duke Ernst II, Princess Elisabeth, Hereditary Prince George Moritz, Duchess Adelaide with Prince Frederick and in the back Princess Charlotte.

Spouse

Prince Sigismund of Prussia

Issue

Princess Barbara
Prince Alfred

Full name
Charlotte Agnes Ernestine Augusta Bathildis Marie Therese Adolfine

House

House of Hohenzollern
House of Saxe-Altenburg

Father

Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Mother

Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe

Born

4 March 1899
Potsdam, Prussia

Died

16 February 1989 (aged 89)
Hemmelmark, West Germany

Princess Charlotte Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg (German: Prinzessin Charlotte Agnes von Sachsen-Altenburg; 4 March 1899 – 16 February 1989) was the eldest child of Ernst II, the last reigning duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

Marriage and family

On 11 July 1919 at Hemmelmark, she married Prince Sigismund of Prussia, the second son of Prince Heinrich of Prussia, brother of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.^[1]

They had two children:

Princess Barbara Irene Adelheid Viktoria Elisabeth Bathildis of Prussia (2 August 1920 – 31 May 1994); married Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and had issue.
Prince Alfred Friedrich Ernst Heinrich Conrad of Prussia (b. 17 August 1924); married Maritza Farkas (6 August 1929 – 1 November 1996), no issue.

Her granddaughters, Donata and Edwina, are the only remaining senior members of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Titles, styles, honours, and arms

Titles and styles

4 March 1899 – 11 July 1919: Her Highness Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg
11 July 1919 – 16 February 1989: Her Royal Highness Princess Sigismund of Prussia

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg

16. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

8. Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

17. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

4. Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg

18. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

9. Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

19. Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia

2. Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

20. George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

10. Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

21. Princess Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

5. Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen

22. William II, Elector of Hesse

11. Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel

23. Princess Augusta of Prussia

1. Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg

24. Philip II Ernest, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe

12. George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

25. Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal

6. Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe

26. George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

13. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont

27. Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

3. Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe

28. Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

14. Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau

29. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Homburg

7. Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau

30. Prince William of Hesse-Kassel

15. Princess Marie Louise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel

31. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark

Notes

↑ Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 162.

Princesses of Saxe-Altenburg by birth

The generations indicate descent from Duke Frederick I, the first junior line Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

1st Generation	Charlotte, Princess Paul of Württemberg* Therese, Queen of Bavaria* Louise, Duchess of Nassau*

2nd Generation	Marie, Queen of Hanover Princess Henriette Elisabeth, Grand Duchess of Oldenburg Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia Therese, Duchess of Dalarna Antoinette, Duchess of Anhalt Marie Gasparine, Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

3rd Generation	Marie, Princess Albert of Prussia Marie Anne, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna of Russia Princess Margarethe Luise Charlotte, Duchess of Anhalt Olga, Countess of Pückler-Burghauss and Freifrau von Groditz Marie, Princess Heinrich XXXV Reuss of Köstritz

4th Generation	Charlotte, Princess Sigismund of Prussia Princess Elisabeth Karola

*Born a princess of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Prussian princesses by marriage

The generations indicate marriage to Frederick I, the first King of Prussia, and his descendents.

1st generation	Landgravine Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel Princess Sophia Charlotte of Hanover Duchess Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

2nd generation	Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

3rd generation	Duchess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel Margravine Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt

4th generation	Duchess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg Landgravine Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt

5th generation	Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg

6th generation	Princess Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Princess Marianne of the Netherlands Princess Luise of Anhalt-Bernburg

7th generation	Victoria, Princess Royal Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg

8th generation	Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg Princess Agatha of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst

9th generation	Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Countess Ina Marie von Bassewitz Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt Princess Calixta of Lippe-Biesterfeld Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg

10th generation	Dorothea von Salviati Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia Baroness Maria von Humboldt-Dachroeden Princess Magdalena Reuss of Köstritz Lady Brigid Katherine Rachel Guinness Countess Marie Antoinette von Hoyos Armgard Weygand Irmgard Else von Veltheim Princess Henriette of Schönaich-Carolath Luise Dora Hartmann Doña Eva Maria Herrera y Valdeavellano Maritza Farkas

11th generation	Waltraud Freytag Ehrengard von Reden Sibylle Kretschmer Jutta Jorn Brigitte von Dallwitz Countess Donata Emma of Castell-Rüdenhausen Countess Nina Helene Lydia Alexandra von Reventlow Hon. Victoria Lucinda Mancroft Alexandra Blahová Ziba Rastegar-Javaheri Eva Maria Kuduicke Heide Schmidt Hannelore Maria Kerscher Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia

12th generation	Anna Christine Soltau Princess Sophie of Isenburg