Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Georg Karl Frederick (24 July 1796 in Hildburghausen – 3 August 1853 in Hummelshain) was Duke of Saxe-Altenburg from 1848 to 1853.

Georg
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Reign	30 November 1848 – 3 August 1853
Predecessor	Joseph
Successor	Ernst I
Born	(1796-07-24)24 July 1796 Hildburghausen
Died	3 August 1853(1853-08-03) (aged 57) Hummelshain
Spouse	Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ​ ​ (m. 1825)​
Issue	Ernst I Prince Albrecht Frederick Prince Moritz
Names Georg Karl Frederick
House	Wettin
Father	Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Mother	Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Religion	Lutheranism

Family

He was the fourth but second surviving son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (of Saxe-Altenburg from 1826) and Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He fought in the Austrian ranks against Napoleonic France in the 1813–1814 war.

Georg succeeded his brother Joseph as Duke of Saxe-Altenburg when he abdicated, in 1848.

Marriage and issue

In Ludwigslust on 7 October 1825 Georg married with Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She was a daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia.

They had three sons:

1. Ernst I Frederick Paul Georg Nikolaus (b. Hildburghausen, 16 September 1826 – d. Altenburg, 7 February 1908); married Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau.
2. Albrecht Frederick August Bernhard Ludwig Anton Carl Gustav Eduard (b. Hildburghausen, 31 October 1827 – d. Ludwigslust, 28 May 1835) died in childhood.
3. Moritz Franz Friedrich Constantin Alexander Heinrich August Carl Albrecht (b. Eisenberg, 24 October 1829 – d. Arco, Italy, 13 May 1907); married Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

8. Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 4. Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 9. Countess Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau 2. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 10. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 5. Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar 11. Margravine Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1. Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 12. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 6. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 13. Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen 3. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 14. Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt 7. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt 15. Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

References

• Heinrich Ferdinand Schoeppl: Die Herzoge von Sachsen-Altenburg. (Das Herzogliche Haus von Sachsen-Altenburg; Bd. 1). Altenburger Verlag, Altenburg 1992 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Bozen 1917).
• Rudolf Armin Human: Chronik der Stadt Hildburghausen. Verlag Frankenschwelle, Hildburghausen 1999, ISBN 3-86180-082-9 (Nachdr. d. Ausg. Hildburghausen 1886).