Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg


Georg Karl Frederick was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

Family

He was the fourth but second surviving son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 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 ; married Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau.
  2. Albrecht Frederick August Bernhard Ludwig Anton Carl Gustav Eduard.
  3. Moritz Franz Friedrich Constantin Alexander Heinrich August Carl Albrecht ; married Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen.

    Ancestry