Ernst II, Duke o Saxe-Altenburg
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| Ernst II | |||||
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| Duke o Saxe-Altenburg | |||||
| Ring | 7 Februar 1908 – 13 November 1918 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ernst I | ||||
| Born | 31 August 1871 Altenburg, Saxe-Altenburg | ||||
| Dee'd | 22 Mairch 1955 (aged 83) Fröhliche Wiederkunft Castle, Trockenborn-Wolfersdorf, East Germany | ||||
| Spouse | Princess Adelaide o Schaumburg-Lippe (m. 1898; div. 1920) Maria Triebel (m. 1934) | ||||
| Issue | Charlotte, Princess Sigismund o Proushie Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince o Saxe-Altenburg Princess Elisabeth Prince Friedrich | ||||
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| Hoose | Wettin | ||||
| Faither | Prince Moritz o Saxe-Altenburg | ||||
| Mither | Princess Auguste o Saxe-Meiningen | ||||
| Releegion | Lutheranism | ||||
Ernst II, Duke o Saxe-Altenburg (Ernst Bernhard Georg Johann Karl Friedrich Peter Albert; 31 August 1871 – 22 Mairch 1955) wis the last reigning duke o Saxe-Altenburg. He wis a son o Prince Moritz, an a grandson o Georg, Duke o Saxe-Altenburg an Princess Auguste o Saxe-Meiningen. On 1 Mey 1937, Ernst joined the Nazi Pairty
The daith o his faither, on the 13 Mey 1907, made him first in the line o succession tae the duchy o Saxe-Altenburg. He inherited the dukedom when his uncle and namesake, Ernst I, died without any surviving male issue.
Mairiage[eedit | eedit soorce]
In 1898 in Bückeburg, Ernst mairit Princess Adelaide o Schaumburg-Lippe.
Issue[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Princess Charlotte (4 Mairch 1899 – 16 Februar 1989); mairit Prince Sigismund o Proushie.
- Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince o Saxe-Altenburg (13 Mey 1900 – 13 Februar 1991).
- Princess Elisabeth Karola o Saxe-Altenburg (6 Aprile 1903 – 30 Januar 1991).
- Prince Frederick Ernst o Saxe-Altenburg (15 Mey 1905 – 23 Februar 1985).