Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg

Moritz
Prince of Saxe-Altenburg
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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 Luise, Duchess of Anhalt
Full name
Moritz Franz Friedrich Constantin Alexander Heinrich August Carl Albrecht
House	House of Saxe-Altenburg
Father	Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Mother	Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Born	24 October 1829(1829-10-24) Eisenberg
Died	13 May 1907(1907-05-13) (aged 77) Arco, 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
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 Luise Charlotte Marie Agnes	11 August 1873	14 April 1953	married on 6 February 1895 to Eduard, Duke of Anhalt; they divorced in 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

Persondata
Name	Moritz, Prince Of Saxe-Altenburg
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	24 October 1829
Place of birth	Eisenberg
Date of death	13 May 1907
Place of death	Arco, Italy