Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

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Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Duke of Saxony

Hermann Bernhard Georg of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (born August 4, 1825 in Altenstein Castle ; † August 31, 1901 in Berchtesgaden ) was Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Duke of Saxony as well as General of Württemberg .

Life

Hermann was a son of Duke Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792–1862) from his marriage to Ida (1794–1852), daughter of Duke Georg I of Saxe-Meiningen . He was a nephew of Queen Adelaide of Great Britain .

Hermann entered the Württemberg war school in 1840. He became major general and had been in command of the Royal Württemberg Equestrian Division since 1859. Hermann was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Alexander Newski Order , the Grand Cross of the House Order of the White Falcon , the St. Stephen's Order and the Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown . He is buried in the Pragfriedhof in Stuttgart.

Weimarstrasse in Stuttgart is named in honor of Hermann .

Marriage and offspring

Princess Auguste of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Cabinet photography

Hermann married Princess Auguste (1826–1898), the youngest daughter of King Wilhelm I of Württemberg , on June 17, 1851 in Friedrichshafen , with whom he had the following children:

⚭ 1873 Hereditary Grand Duke Karl August of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844–1894)
⚭ 1885 Princess Gerta zu Isenburg-Büdingen in Wächtersbach (1863–1945)
  • Bernhard (1855–1907), since 1901 "Count of Crayenburg"
⚭ 1. 1900 Marie Luise Brockmüller (1866–1903)
⚭ 2. 1905 Countess Elisabeth von der Schulenburg (1869–1940)
  • Alexander (1857-1891)
  • Ernst (1859–1909)
  • Olga (1869-1924)
⚭ 1902 Prince Leopold zu Isenburg-Büdingen in Birstein (1866–1933)

literature

  • State manual for the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach , Weimar 1864, p. 6 ( digitized version ).
  • Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog , Vol. 6 1901 (1904), pp. 79-81.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Starklof: The life of Duke Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Royal Dutch General of Infantry , Volume 2, Gotha 1866, p. 74
  2. ^ Titus Häussermann: The Stuttgart street names , Silberburg-Verlag , 2003, p. 610.
personal data
SURNAME Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hermann Bernhard Georg of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Duke of Saxony, General of Württemberg
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Altenstein Castle
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1901
Place of death Berchtesgaden