Princess Louise Charlotte
Princess Edward of Anhalt
Born(1873-08-11)11 August 1873
Altenburg
Died14 April 1953(1953-04-14) (aged 79)
Altenburg
SpousePrince Eduard of Anhalt
IssuePrincess Friederike
Prince Leopold
Princess Marie-Auguste
Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt
Prince Eugen
Prince Wolfgang
Names
Marie Agnes Louise Charlotte
HouseSaxe-Altenburg
FatherPrince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg
MotherPrincess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen

Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (Marie Agnes Louise Charlotte; 11 August 1873 – 14 April 1953) was a German noblewoman. She was a princess of Saxe-Altenburg by birth and a Princess of Anhalt by marriage.

Life

She was born on 11 August 1873 and was the daughter of Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg and his wife, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen. Her father was a son of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and a younger brother of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.[1]

Louise Charlotte's mother was the daughter of Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel. Her uncle Ernst I was succeeded as ruling Duke of Saxe-Altenburg by her brother Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

Louise Charlotte died in Altenburg in 1953, at the age of 79.

Marriage and issue

She married Prince Eduard of Anhalt, a younger son of Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, in Altenburg on 6 February 1895.[1] They divorced on 26 January 1918, a few months before he reigned briefly as Duke of Anhalt. They had six children together:

  • Frederique Margaretha (11 June 1896 - 18 November 1896)
  • Leopold Frederick Maurice Ernest Constantine Aribert Eduard (10 February 1897- 26 December 1898)
  • Marie-Auguste (1898-1983), married Prince Joachim of Prussia, the youngest son of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
  • Joachim Ernst, the last ruling Duke of Anhalt
  • Eugen (1903-1980), married Anastasia Jungmeier (1901-1970); their daughter Princess Anastasia (b. 1940) married Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen
  • Wolfgang Albert Maurice Frederick William Ernest (1912-1936), died at the age of 23

Ancestry

References

  1. 1 2 Scott-Keltie, J. (2016). The Statesman's Year-Book. Springer. p. 682. ISBN 9780230270299.
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