- Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg
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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 AlfredFull name Charlotte Agnes Ernestine Augusta Bathildis Marie Therese Adolfine House House of Hohenzollern
House of Saxe-AltenburgFather Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Mother Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe Born 4 March 1899
Potsdam, PrussiaDied 16 February 1989 (aged 89)
Hemmelmark, West GermanyPrincess 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.
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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:
- HRH Princess Barbara Irene Adelheid Viktoria Elisabeth Bathildis of Prussia (2 August 1920 – 31 May 1994) married HRH Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and had issue.
- HRH 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. Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel 15. Landgravine Marie Louise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel 31. Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark Notes
- ^ Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 162.
- Prinzessin Charlotte Agnes von Sachsen-Altenburg Herzogin von Sachsen
- Charlotte Agnes Prinzessin von Sachsen-Altenburg
Princesses of Saxe-Altenburg by birth The generations indicate descent from Duke Frederick I, the first junior line Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.1st Generation 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-Sondershausen3rd 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 Köstritz4th Generation Charlotte, Princess Sigismund of Prussia • Princess Elisabeth Karola*Born a princess of Saxe-HildburghausenPrussian princesses by marriage The generations indicate marriage to Frederick I, the first King of Prussia, and his descendents.1st generation 2nd generation 3rd generation Duchess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel • Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel • Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel • Margravine Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt4th generation Duchess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg • Landgravine Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt5th generation Duchess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz • Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz • Landgravine Marie Anna of Hesse-Homburg6th 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-Bernburg7th generation 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-Schillingsfürst9th 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-Altenburg10th 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 Farkas11th 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 Russia12th generation Anna Christine Soltau • Princess Sophie of IsenburgCategories:- 1899 births
- 1989 deaths
- House of Saxe-Altenburg
- Prussian princesses
- House of Hohenzollern
- People from Potsdam
- Princesses of Saxe-Altenburg
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