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.
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| Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | |||||
| Reign | 3 August 1853 – 7 February 1908 | ||||
| Predecessor | George | ||||
| Successor | Ernst II | ||||
| Born | 16 September 1826 Hildburghausen | ||||
| Died | 7 February 1908 (aged 81) Altenburg | ||||
| Spouse | Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau (m. 1853; died 1897) | ||||
| Issue | Marie, Princess Albert of Prussia | ||||
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| House | Wettin | ||||
| Father | Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | ||||
| Mother | Marie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||||
| Religion | Lutheranism | ||||
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]
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- Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Joint Grand Master, 3 August 1853
- Service Award Cross (25 years)
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- House Order of Fidelity, Knight, 1881
- Order of Berthold the First, Knight, 1881
- Order of the Zähringer Lion, Grand Cross
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- Order of St. George, Knight, 1855[9]
- Royal Guelphic Order, Grand Cross
- Order of Ernst August, Grand Cross
- House Order of Lippe, Cross of Honour 1st Class with Crown
- Military Merit Medal
- House Order of the Wendish Crown, Grand Cross with Collar
- Military Merit Cross, 2nd Class (Schwerin)
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- Order of the Black Eagle, Knight with Collar
- Order of the Red Eagle, Knight 1st Class
- Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Grand Commander
- Johanniter Order, Knight of Honour
- Iron Cross, 2nd Class
- Foreign honours[2]
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- Order of St. Andrew, Knight
- Imperial Order of St. George, 4th Class
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References
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- "Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg Dead". The New York Times. 24 October 1897.
- Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Altenburg (1902), "Genealogie des Herzoglichen Hauses Sachsen-Altenburg" pp. 1-2
- Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1885), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 13
- Staatshandbuch für den Freistaat Sachsen: 1865/66. Heinrich. 1866. p. 4.
- Hof- und Staats-Handbuch für des Herzogtum Anhalt (1883), "Herzoglicher Haus-Orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 15
- Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliches Haus", pp. 62, 76
- Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern (1906), "Königliche Orden" p. 7
- Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Herzogtums Braunschweig für das Jahr 1897, "Herzogliche Orden Heinrich des Löwen" p. 10
- Staat Hannover (1865). Hof- und Staatshandbuch für das Königreich Hannover: 1865. Berenberg. p. 38.
- Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg: für das Jahr 1872/73, "Der Großherzogliche Haus-und Verdienst Orden" p. 30
- Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Württemberg (1873), "Königliche Orden", p. 32
- "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- Jørgen Pedersen (2009). Riddere af Elefantordenen, 1559–2009 (in Danish). Syddansk Universitetsforlag. p. 469. ISBN 978-87-7674-434-2.
- Sveriges statskalender (in Swedish). 1905. p. 440. Retrieved 2018-01-06 – via runeberg.org.
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| Preceded by Georg |
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 1853–1908 |
Succeeded by Ernst II |
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