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Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg
German prince

Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg

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German prince
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, Thuringia, Germany
Place of death
Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
Age
47 years
Family
Mother:
Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Father:
Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Siblings:
Georg Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Joseph Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Friedrich von Sachsen-Altenburg Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Spouse:
Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Children:
Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg Princess Marie Gasparine of Saxe-Altenburg
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Biography

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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Ludwig Joseph Karl Georg Friedrich (b. Bamberg, 24 September 1839 - d. Munich, 13 February 1844).
  4. 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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

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