Albert of Saxony (historian)

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Albert Duke of Saxony (2007)

Albrecht (Albert) Joseph Maria Franz-Xaver Prince of Saxony Duke of Saxony (born November 30, 1934 in Bamberg ; †  October 6, 2012 in Munich ) was a German historian and author. He came from the former royal house of Wettin ; his grandfather Friedrich August III. was the last Saxon king.

Life

Albert Prince of Saxony, the traditional name Duke of Saxony preferred, traditionally by all Wettiners - the Albertine as well as the Ernestine line - is performed as an original main title in addition to the lines of titles, was the second son of Friedrich Christian Prince of Saxony and his wife Elisabeth Helene von Thurn und Taxis . In 1954 he passed the Matura at the Bundesgymnasium in Bregenz ( Austria ) . After his parents and siblings had moved to Munich with the support of his mother's family, the Thurn und Taxis , in 1955 he began to study economics at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , and later history and folklore . On February 13, 1961, he received his doctorate degree at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Munich with a thesis on the epoch of his great-great-grandfather King Johann von Sachsen and the reform of the Saxon trade legislation. phil. PhD .

Albert Herzog zu Sachsen and his wife Elmira (2005)

On January 30, 1961, together with his father, his older brother Maria Emanuel von Sachsen , his mother, other representatives of the former Saxon nobility, he founded the chapter of the Royal Saxon Military St. Heinrichs-Ordens , the association of Dresdeners and the Landsmannschaft Sachsen in the Economic History Institute of the University of Munich founded the study group for Saxon history and culture , which in the future was to become one of the largest Saxon associations in what was then federal territory.

Subsequently, he worked as a historian and speaker on topics relating to the former Duchy and Kingdom of Saxony and, in particular, its relations with Bavaria. At times he was also deputy chairman of the Federation of Central Germans . In 1972 he became a member of the Central German Cultural Council and represented the "interests of the state of Saxony" as a member of the advisory board.

Grave in the old Catholic cemetery in Dresden

On April 12, 1980 he married Elmira Henke in the Theatinerkirche in Munich . His wife supported him in his historical and scientific work and dealt primarily with folklore topics.

In the summer of 1982 he was able to visit his family's home, Saxony, for the first time since his youth. Further visits followed in 1983 and 1985, after which he was banned from entering the GDR until 1989/90 for reasons that are not clear . On January 22, 1990, he was a participant in one of the Monday demonstrations in Dresden and was suddenly asked to speak to the crowd over loudspeakers. He pointed out the tasks involved in building up the new state of Saxony and concluded with the words "Long live Saxony, Germany, Europe and the Christian-Occidental culture." As a result, he ran - albeit unsuccessfully - for a mandate in the DSU Saxon state parliament and an advisory position in the state government.

Since the political change in Germany in 1989/90, one of his important fields of employment has also been the restitution demands of his family in Saxony.

The early sufferer of polio died on October 6, 2012 in the “ Third Order ” clinic in Munich - Nymphenburg . He was the “last male heir in the grandchildren of the last Saxon King Friedrich August III. “He found his final resting place after the funeral in the Dresden Hofkirche on October 12, 2012 in the Old Catholic Cemetery in Dresden - Friedrichstadt next to Carl Maria von Weber . His tomb was inaugurated there on May 16, 2015.

Albert von Sachsen came under criticism not least because of the sale of works of art and other objects which had been transferred back to the Wettins after reunification in 1990 on the basis of the Compensation Act .

Dispute over the succession as head of the House of Saxony

Since his older brother Maria Emanuel († July 23, 2012) had no children of his own, he adopted the common nephew Alexander Prinz von Sachsen-Gessaphe in 1999 and declared this after a notarized agreement of all members of the House of Wettin Albertinische Linie e. V. according to the statutes of the association to his immediate successor as head of the house with the traditional title "Margrave of Meißen". Because the Wettin descent of Alexander Prince of Saxony-Gessaphes is due to his mother and he is therefore not a Wettin in the male line , this inheritance disposition is doubted by the morganatic descendants of Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony . The inheritance disposition was last contested by his uncle Albert von Sachsen, who claimed the title of “Margrave of Meissen”, preferring his great-nephew Rüdiger as his successor, as he was an agnate of the Wettins. The lawyer Karl August Prince von Sachsen-Gessaphe wrote a legal opinion that favored his brother. The German Nobility Law Committee and the Wettin House as a whole consider the Albertine line of the Wettins to be extinct; thereafter no living person is authorized to use the title of “Margrave of Meissen” or “Royal Highness”. (See also: Head of the Albertine family (House of Saxony) and succession dispute ) .

ancestors

Pedigree of Albert of Saxony
Great-great-grandparents

King John of Saxony (1801–1873)
⚭ 1822
Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801–1877)

King Ferdinand II of Portugal (1816–1885)
⚭ 1836
Maria II of Portugal (1819–1853)

Grand Duke Leopold II (1797–1870)
⚭ 1833
Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily (1814–1898)

Duke Charles III. (1823–1854)
⚭ 1845
Louise Marie Therese of France (1819–1864)

Prince Maximilian Karl von Thurn and Taxis (1802–1871)
⚭ 1828
Wilhelmine von Dörnberg (1803–1835)

Max Joseph in Bavaria (1808–1888)
⚭ 1828
Ludovika Wilhelmine of Bavaria (1808–1892)

Joseph Anton Johann of Austria (1776–1847)
⚭ 1819
Maria Dorothea of ​​Württemberg (1797–1855)

August von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha (1818–1881)
⚭ 1843
Clementine d'Orléans (1817–1907)

Great grandparents

King George of Saxony (1832–1904)
⚭ 1859
Maria Anna of Portugal (1843–1884)

Grand Duke Ferdinand IV (1835–1908)
⚭ 1868
Alicia of Bourbon-Parma (1849–1935)

Maximilian Anton von Thurn and Taxis (1831–1867)
⚭ 1858
Helene in Bavaria (1834–1890)

Joseph Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833–1905)
⚭ 1864
Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846–1927)

Grandparents

King Friedrich August III. (1865–1932)
⚭ 1891
Luise of Austria-Tuscany (1870–1947)

Prince Albert von Thurn und Taxis (1867–1952)
⚭ 1890
Margarethe Klementine of Austria (1870–1955)

parents

Friedrich Christian von Sachsen (1893–1968)
⚭ 1923
Elisabeth Helene von Thurn und Taxis (1903–1976)

Albert of Saxony

Publications

  • The reform of the Saxon trade legislation (1840–1861) , dissertation University of Munich 1970
  • Dresden , Weidlich, Frankfurt 1974, ISBN 3-8035-0474-0
  • Leipzig and the Leipziger Land , Weidlich, Frankfurt 1976, ISBN 3-8035-8511-2
  • The Albertinische Wettiner - history of the Saxon royal house (1763-1932) , St.-Otto-Verlag Bamberg 1989 (1st edition), ISBN 3-87693-211-4 ; Graefelfing 1992 (2nd edition), ISBN 3-87014-020-8
  • Christmas in Saxony , Bayerische Verlagsanstalt Munich 1992, ISBN 3-87052-799-4
  • The Wettins in Life Pictures , Styria-Verlag Vienna / Graz / Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-222-12301-2
  • The Wettins in Saxony and Thuringia , König-Friedrich-August-Institut Dresden 1996
  • The House of Wettin and Moritzburg, in: The Treasure of the Wettins - The Moritzburger Funde, EA Seemann Leipzig 1997, pp. 13-17.
  • The Wettin House and its relationships with the Nassau-Luxemburg House , Bad Ems 2003
  • King Albert as a politician ... , in: Illustrirte Zeitung - Wettiner anniversary number, June 8, 1889, partial reprint - Dresden 2004
  • Bavaria & Saxony - common history, art, culture and economy (with Elmira von Sachsen and Walter Beck), Universitas Munich 2004, ISBN 3-8004-1462-7
  • Kingdom of Saxony: 1806–1918; Traditions in Black and Yellow , Verlagsgesellschaft Marienberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-931770-67-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Royal mourning for Albert Prince of Saxony: grandson of the last King of Saxony died. In: picture online . October 7, 2012, accessed November 29, 2018 .
  2. ^ Sächsische Zeitung and Dresdner Morgenpost , October 8, 2012
  3. ^ Sächsische Zeitung, Morgenpost Dresden and BILD Dresden, October 9, 2012; Leipziger Volkszeitung and Sächsische Zeitung, 13./14. October 2012
  4. Dresden Latest News , May 15, 2015
  5. ^ Ingeborg Ruthe: State Art Collections Dresden: The needy house Wettin. In: Berliner Zeitung . October 29, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2018 .
  6. Jürgen Helfricht : Heir to the throne of Saxony: This secret paper regulates the Wettiner succession. In: picture online. July 27, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2018 .
  7. Jens Jungmann: There can only be one: Alexander or Albert - who can be a margrave? In: Sächsische Zeitung online. August 13, 2012, archived from the original on June 19, 2013 ; accessed on November 29, 2018 .
  8. Ursula Brekle, Wolfgang Brekle: Interview with SKH Dr. phil. Albert Prince of Saxony, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen. In: Saxony reading. 2012, accessed on November 29, 2018 (The interview was conducted on August 17, 2012.).
  9. ^ Family of Saxony: The head of the house
  10. See: Karl August Prince von Sachsen-Gessaphe : Legal assessment of the request of Messrs Rüdiger Prince of Saxony and Daniel Prince of Saxony for the post of head of the house in Wettin Albertinische Linie. (PDF, 68 KB) June 25, 2013, accessed October 22, 2013 . In: Jürgen Helfricht: Georg Philipp Antonius Prince of Saxony (25). The new face of the Wettins. In: Bild-Zeitung Dresden. June 25, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2018 .
  11. Stefan Locke: Dispute in the Saxon royal family: That's it with the nobility! In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , No. 83 , April 8, 2014, p. 7 , accessed on November 29, 2018 . Jürgen Helfricht: Michael-Benedikt Prince of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach (67) exclusively in BILD: “I am the new boss of the Wettins!” In: Bild online. March 29, 2014, accessed November 29, 2018 . Joint declaration by the heads of the Wettin House. (PDF) June 23, 2015, accessed November 29, 2018 .