Prince Daniel of Saxony

Prince Daniel Timo of Saxony, Duke of Saxony (German: Daniel Timo Prinz von Sachsen, Herzog zu Sachsen; born 23 June 1975) is the oldest son of Prince Rüdiger of Saxony,[2] a disputed Head of the Royal House of Saxony.[3]

Prince Daniel Timo[1]
Born (1975-06-23) 23 June 1975
Duisburg, West Germany
Spouse
Sandra Scherer (m. 2011)
IssuePrincess Anna-Catharina
Prince Gero
HouseWettin
FatherPrince Rüdiger of Saxony
MotherAstrid Linke
ReligionRoman Catholic
House of Saxony
  • The Margrave of Meissen
    • Prince Daniel
      Princess Sandra
      • Princess Anna-Catharina
      • Prince Gero
    • Prince Arne
      Princess Sarah
      • Princess Rosa
      • Princess Frida
    • Prince Nils
      Princess Jedida
      • Prince Moritz
      • Princess Aurelie
      • Princess Felicitas
  • Princess Iris

Early life

Prince Daniel was born in Duisburg, Germany. His mother was Astrid Linke (1949–1989)[4] a commoner who committed suicide.[5][6][7] He was raised in West Germany (Stein-Wingert), not returning to Dresden until well after the Berlin Wall came down.

Career

After his secondary school exams he joined the army. He then studied business economics at Aachen for six semesters. He also trained in forestry[4] and in 2003 together with his father Prince Ruediger he founded the Wettinische Forstverwaltung (Wettin Forest Service).[8] Currently he works in the family business and organises exhibitions at one of the family palaces, Moritzburg Castle (which was the acclaimed baroque "hunting lodge" for ancestor Frederick Augustus the Strong or August der Starke in German).[4]

Since 2004 he has been a member of the municipal council of Moritzburg and the Kreis Meißen for the CDU party.[4]

Family and personal life

Before 2002, for a year, he was engaged to singer Christina Linhardt (a couple songs allude to their relationship on her CD Circus Sanctuary).[4]

In 2011 he married Sandra Scherer,[9] a scientist. On 13 January 2013 their daughter Anna-Catharina Sophie was born.[10] In 2015 their son Gero Friedrich Johann was born.

Daniel's hobbies include hunting, culture, art, new media, computers, Internet (he built the website for his family), history of Saxony and politics.[4] He is also a golfer and a founder of the Wettiner Golf Cup.[11]

Ancestry

Notes
  1. Infobox data from "DANIEL PRINZ VON SACHSEN". www.nettyroyal.nl. Archived from the original on 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2010-10-15. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. "Saxony". Almanach de Gotha (186th ed.). Almanach de Gotha. 2003. p. 342. ISBN 0-9532142-4-9.
  3. "Geschichte des Hauses Wettin von seinen Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart" (in German). Prince Albert of Saxony. 5 March 2003. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  4. "DANIEL PRINZ VON SACHSEN". www.nettyroyal.nl. Archived from the original on 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2010-10-15. External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. "Genealogy of the Royal Family of Saxony". Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  6. "Descendants of Maria Theresa of Austria". Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  7. "Descendants of Friedrich August I of Saxony". Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  8. "Was lesen und essen Sie gern, Herr Daniel von Sachsen?" (in German). Sächsische Zeitung. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  9. Helfricht, Jurgen (31 July 2011). "Traumhochzeit auf Schloss Moritzburg Prinz von Sachsen sagt JA!" (in German). Bild. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  10. Theroff, Paul (16 January 2013). "Royal News". Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  11. "Interview mit Prinz Daniel von Sachsen" (in German). Disy Magazine. Retrieved 2010-10-21. External link in |publisher= (help)
Prince Daniel of Saxony
Born: 23 June 1975
First
 Line of succession to the Saxon throne
(Moritzburg line, disputed)		 Succeeded by
Prince Gero of Saxony
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