Auguste von Sachsen-Meiningen
Auguste Luise Adelheid Karoline Ida von Sachsen-Meiningen (born August 6, 1843 in Meiningen , † November 11, 1919 in Altenburg ) was a German noblewoman. She was the mother of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg .
Life
Auguste was born as the only daughter of Bernhard II , Duke of Saxe-Meiningen , and his wife Princess Marie of Hessen-Kassel . Her brother Georg , who was 17 years older, succeeded his father in 1866.
Augustes grandparents were Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen , Princess Luise Eleonore zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg , Wilhelm II., Elector of Hesse and Princess Auguste of Prussia .
Despite the age difference, she had a good relationship with her brother. He was a big theater lover.
Marriage and offspring
On October 15, 1862, Auguste married Prince Moritz von Sachsen-Altenburg in Meiningen . He was fourteen years older than her and was a younger son of Georg, Duke of Saxony-Altenburg and Marie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . They had five children:
- Marie Anna (March 14, 1864 - May 3, 1918) married Georg zu Schaumburg-Lippe on April 16, 1882 .
- Elisabeth Auguste Marie Agnes (born January 25, 1865 - † March 24, 1927) married Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinowitsch of Russia on April 27, 1884 . After their marriage, she was baptized Russian Orthodox and took the name Yelisaveta Mawrikievna .
- Margarete Marie Agnes Adelheid Karoline Friederike (* May 22, 1867 - † June 17, 1882)
- Ernst II, Duke of Saxony-Altenburg (born August 31, 1871 - March 22, 1955) married Princess Adelheid zu Schaumburg-Lippe on February 17, 1898
- Luise Charlotte Marie Agnes (born August 11, 1873 - April 14, 1953) married Prince Eduard von Anhalt on February 6, 1895 . They divorced in 1918 just before he became Duke of Anhalt.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ann Marie Koller: The theater duke: Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen and the German stage . Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif. 1984, ISBN 0-8047-1196-8 , pp. 30 .
- ^ Ann Marie Koller: The theater duke: Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen and the German stage . Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif. 1984, ISBN 0-8047-1196-8 , pp. 221 .
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SURNAME | Sachsen-Meiningen, Auguste von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sachsen-Meiningen, Auguste Luise Adelheid Karoline Ida von (full name); Augusta, Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen, Duchess; Auguste, Saxe-Meiningen, princess; Auguste, Saxe-Meiningen, princess; Augusta, Saxe-Altenburg, princess |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German nobles |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1843 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Meiningen |
DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1919 |
Place of death | Altenburg |