Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg


Eduard Karl Wilhelm Christian of Saxe-Altenburg, was a German prince of the ducal house of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Family

He was the seventh but fourth surviving son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen and Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Life

Marriages and issue

He married firstly in Sigmaringen on 25 July 1835 to Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. They had four children:
  1. Therese Amalie Karoline Josephine Antoinette, married on 16 April 1864 to Prince August of Sweden.
  2. Antoinette Charlotte Marie Josephine Karoline Frida, married on 22 April 1854 to Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt.
  3. Ludwig Joseph Karl Georg Friedrich.
  4. Johann Friedrich Joseph Karl.
He married secondly in Greiz on 8 March 1842 to Princess Luise Caroline Reuss of Greiz, daughter of Heinrich XIX. They had two children:
  1. Albert Heinrich Joseph Carl Viktor Georg Friedrich. He married first Princess Marie of Prussia and secondly Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
  2. Marie Gasparine Amalie Antoinette Karoline Elisabeth Luise, married on 12 June 1869 to Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

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