Eduard Karl Wilhelm Christian of Saxe-Altenburg (Hildburghausen, 3 July 1804 – Munich, 16 May 1852), was a German prince of the ducal house of Saxe-Hildburghausen (of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826).
Family
He was the seventh but fourth surviving son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826) and Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Life
Marriages and issue
He married firstly in Sigmaringen on 25 July 1835 to Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. They had four children:
- Therese Amalie Karoline Josephine Antoinette (b. Ansbach, 21 December 1836 - d. Stockholm, 9 November 1914), married on 16 April 1864 to Prince August of Sweden.
- Antoinette Charlotte Marie Josephine Karoline Frida (b. Bamberg, 17 April 1838 - d. Berchtesgaden, 13 October 1908), married on 22 April 1854 to Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt.
- Ludwig Joseph Karl Georg Friedrich (b. Bamberg, 24 September 1839 - d. Munich, 13 February 1844).
- Johann Friedrich Joseph Karl (b. Sigmaringen, 8 January 1841 - d. Munich, 25 February 1844).
He married secondly in Greiz on 8 March 1842 to Princess Luise Caroline Reuss of Greiz, daughter of Heinrich XIX. They had two children:
- Albert Heinrich Joseph Carl Viktor Georg Friedrich (b. Munich, 14 April 1843 - d. Serrahn, 22 May 1902). He married first Princess Marie of Prussia and secondly Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
- Marie Gasparine Amalie Antoinette Karoline Elisabeth Luise (b. Munich, 28 June 1845 - d. Sondershausen, 5 July 1930), married on 12 June 1869 to Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16. Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen | | | | | | | | | 8. Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17. Countess Sophie Albertine of Erbach-Erbach | | | | | | | | | 4. Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18. Philipp Karl, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau | | | | | | | | | 9. Countess Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19. Countess Charlotte Amalie of Kunowitz | | | | | | | | | 2. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar | | | | | | | | | 10. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21. Princess Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst | | | | | | | | | 5. Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22. George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | | | | | | | | | 11. Margravine Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23. Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck | | | | | | | | | 1. Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | | | | | | | | | 12. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25. Princess Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | | | | | | | | | 6. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (= 16) | | | | | | | | | 13. Princess Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27. Countess Sophie Albertine of Erbach-Erbach (= 17) | | | | | | | | | 3. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | | | | | | | | | 14. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg | | | | | | | | | 7. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30. Count Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim | | | | | | | | | 15. Countess Marie Luise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31. Countess Catharine Polyxene of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim | | | | | | | |
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