Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (German: Ernst I. Friedrich Paul Georg Nikolaus von Sachsen-Altenburg) (16 September 1826 in Hildburghausen – 7 February 1908 in Altenburg), was a duke of Saxe-Altenburg. He was the first son of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Marie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In 1853 he succeeded his father as Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. He was of a retiring disposition and he took little active part in running the country. After a reign that lasted fifty five years, he died without a living direct male heir; because of this, he was succeeded by his nephew, Ernst.

Ernst I
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Reign3 August 1853 – 7 February 1908
PredecessorGeorge
SuccessorErnst II
Born(1826-09-16)16 September 1826
Hildburghausen
Died7 February 1908(1908-02-07) (aged 81)
Altenburg
Spouse
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(m. 1853; died 1897)​
IssueMarie, Princess Albert of Prussia
Full name
Ernst Frederick Paul Georg Nikolaus
HouseWettin
FatherGeorg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
MotherMarie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
ReligionLutheranism

Marriage

He was married in Dessau on 28 April 1853 to Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau (1824–1897). Agnes was a sister of Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt.[1]

They had two children:

Honours and decorations
German honours[2]
Foreign honours[2]

Ancestry

References
  1. "Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg Dead". The New York Times. 24 October 1897.
  2. Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Altenburg (1902), "Genealogie des Herzoglichen Hauses Sachsen-Altenburg" pp. 1-2
  3. Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1851), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 8
  4. Staatshandbuch für den Freistaat Sachsen: 1865/66. Heinrich. 1866. p. 4.
  5. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtum Anhalt (1867) "Herzoglicher Haus-orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 17
  6. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch für des Herzogtum Anhalt (1883), "Herzoglicher Haus-Orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 15
  7. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliches Haus", pp. 62, 76
  8. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern (1906), "Königliche Orden" p. 7
  9. Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Herzogtums Braunschweig für das Jahr 1897, "Herzogliche Orden Heinrich des Löwen" p. 10
  10. Staat Hannover (1865). Hof- und Staatshandbuch für das Königreich Hannover: 1865. Berenberg. p. 38.
  11. Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg: für das Jahr 1872/73, "Der Großherzogliche Haus-und Verdienst Orden" p. 30
  12. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Württemberg (1873), "Königliche Orden", p. 32
  13. "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  14. Jørgen Pedersen (2009). Riddere af Elefantordenen, 1559–2009 (in Danish). Syddansk Universitetsforlag. p. 469. ISBN 978-87-7674-434-2.
  15. Sveriges statskalender (in Swedish). 1905. p. 440. Retrieved 2018-01-06 – via runeberg.org.
German royalty
Preceded by
Georg		 Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
1853–1908		 Succeeded by
Ernst II
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