Prince Daniel of Saxony


Prince Daniel Timo of Saxony, Duke of Saxony is the oldest son of Rüdiger, Margrave of Meissen, a disputed Head of the Royal House of Saxony.

Early life

Prince Daniel was born in Duisburg, Germany. His mother was Astrid Linke a commoner who committed suicide. He was raised in West Germany, not returning to Dresden until well after the Berlin Wall came down.

Career

After his secondary school exams he joined the army. He then studied business economics at Aachen for six semesters. He also trained in forestry and in 2003 together with his father Prince Ruediger he founded the Wettinische Forstverwaltung. Currently he works in the family business and organises exhibitions at one of the family palaces, Moritzburg Castle.
Since 2004 he has been a member of the municipal council of Moritzburg and the Kreis Meißen for the CDU party.

Family and personal life

Before 2002, for a year, he was engaged to singer Christina Linhardt.
In 2011 he married Sandra Scherer, a scientist. On 13 January 2013 their daughter Anna-Catharina Sophie was born. In 2015 their son Gero Friedrich Johann was born.
Daniel's hobbies include hunting, culture, art, new media, computers, Internet, history of Saxony and politics. He is also a golfer and a founder of the Wettiner Golf Cup.

Ancestry