Ernst I | |||||
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Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | |||||
Reign | 3 August 1853 – 7 February 1908 | ||||
Predecessor | George | ||||
Successor | Ernst II | ||||
Born |
Hildburghausen | 16 September 1826 ||||
Died |
7 February 1908 Altenburg | (aged 81) ||||
Spouse | Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau (m. 1853–97) | ||||
Issue | Marie, Princess Albert of Prussia | ||||
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House | Wettin | ||||
Father | Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | ||||
Mother | Marie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||||
Religion | Lutheranism |
Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (German: Ernst I. Friedrich Paul Georg Nikolaus von Sachsen-Altenburg) (16 September 1826 in Hildburghausen – 7 February 1908 in Altenburg), was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg. He was the first son of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Marie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In 1853 he succeeded his father as Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. He was of a retiring disposition and he took little active part in running the country. After a reign that lasted fifty five years, he died without a living direct male heir; because of this, he was succeeded by his nephew, Ernst.
Marriage[]
He was married in Dessau on 28 April 1853 to Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau (1824–1897). Agnes was a sister of Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt.[1]
They had two children:
- Marie (b. Eisenberg, 2 August 1854 – d. Camenz, 8 October 1898), married on 19 April 1873 to Albrecht of Prussia.
- Georg (b. Altenburg, 1 February 1856 – d. Altenburg, 29 February 1856) died in infancy.
Honours and decorations[]
- German honours[2]
- Foreign honours[2]
Austrian Empire: Grand Cross of St. Stephen, 1859[3]
Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Royal Order of Leopold
Denmark: Knight of the Elephant, 28 October 1882[4]
Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion
Ottoman Empire: Order of Osmanieh, 1st Class in Diamonds
Kingdom of Romania: Grand Cross of the Star of Romania
Russian Empire:
- Knight of St. Andrew
- Knight of St. George, 4th Class
Kingdom of Serbia: Grand Cross of the Cross of Takovo
Sweden-Norway: Knight of the Seraphim, 24 February 1864[5]
Grand Duchy of Tuscany: Grand Cross of the Military Order of St. Stephen
Ancestry[]
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References[]
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- ↑ "Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg Dead.". The New York Times. 24 October 1897.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Altenburg (1902), "Genealogie des Herzoglichen Hauses Sachsen-Altenburg" pp. 1-2
- ↑ "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Jørgen Pedersen (2009) (in da). Riddere af Elefantordenen, 1559–2009. Syddansk Universitetsforlag. p. 469. ISBN 978-87-7674-434-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=glw-AQAAIAAJ.
- ↑ (in sv) Sveriges statskalender. 1905. p. 440. https://runeberg.org/statskal/1905/0464.html. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
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