Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg

Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (24 October 1829 in Eisenberg – 13 May 1907 in Arco, Austria-Hungary), was a member of the ducal house of Saxe-Altenburg. He was the father of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

Prince Moritz
Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg
Born	(1829-10-24)24 October 1829 Eisenberg, Saxe-Altenburg
Died	13 May 1907(1907-05-13) (aged 77) Arco, Tirol, Austria-Hungary
Spouse	Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen ​ ​ (m. 1862)​
Issue	Marie Anne, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna of Russia Princess Margarethe Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Louise Charlotte, Princess Edward of Anhalt
Names German: Moritz Franz Friedrich Constantin Alexander Heinrich August Carl Albrecht
House	House of Wettin
Father	Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Mother	Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Family

He was the third but second surviving son of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his first wife Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia).

Marriage and issue

In Meiningen on 15 October 1862 Moritz married Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, daughter of Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. They had five children:

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Princess Marie Anne	14 March 1864	3 May 1918	married on 16 April 1882 to Prince Georg of Schaumburg-Lippe.
Princess Elisabeth Augusta Marie Agnes	25 January 1865	24 March 1927	married on 27 April 1884 to Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia; [upon her marriage, she took the name Elizaveta Mavrikievna in a Russian Orthodox baptism]
Princess Margarethe Marie Agnes Adelaide Karoline Fredericka	22 May 1867	17 June 1882	died young
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg	31 August 1871	22 March 1955	married Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe
Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg	11 August 1873	14 April 1953	married on 6 February 1895 to Eduard, Duke of Anhalt; they divorced on 26 January 1918, shortly before he died.

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:^[1]

• Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, November 1847^[2]
• Kingdom of Prussia:
  • Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, 18 October 1861^[3]
  • Iron Cross (1870), 2nd Class with White Band
  • Red Cross Medal, 1st Class, 27 January 1899^[4]
• Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore
• Kingdom of Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown, 1848^[5]
• Kingdom of Hanover:
  • Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order, 1852^[6]
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Ernst August
• Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown, 9 February 1852^[7]
• Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 4 February 1851^[8]
• Ascanian duchies: Grand Cross of Albert the Bear, 28 April 1853^[9]
• Lippe:
  • Cross of Honour of the House Order of Lippe, 1st Class
  • Red Cross Medal, 1st Class
• Kingdom of Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer
• Russian Empire: Knight of St. Andrew
• Brunswick: Grand Cross of Henry the Lion

Moritzstraße in Altenburg is named after the Prince.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg

8. Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 4. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 9. Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar 2. Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 10. Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 5. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 11. Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt 1. Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg 12. Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 6. Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 13. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 3. Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 14. Paul I of Russia 7. Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia 15. Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg