Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg

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Prince Moritz
Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg
Born	(1829-10-24)24 October 1829 Eisenberg, Saxe-Altenburg
Died	13 May 1907(1907-05-13) (aged 77) Arco, Tirol, Austria-Hungary
Spouse	Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen ​ ​ (m. 1862)​
Issue	Marie Anne, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna of Russia Princess Margarethe Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Louise Charlotte, Princess Edward of Anhalt
Names German: Moritz Franz Friedrich Constantin Alexander Heinrich August Carl Albrecht
House	House of Wettin
Father	Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Mother	Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (24 October 1829 in Eisenberg – 13 May 1907 in Arco, Austria-Hungary), was a member of the ducal house of Saxe-Altenburg. He was the father of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

Moritz was born on 24 October 1829 in Eisenberg, as a member of the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin, whose other, Albertine branch, was the ruling family of the Kingdom of Saxony.

He was the third, but second surviving son of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (the daughter of Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his first wife, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia).

Moritzstraße in Altenburg, capital of the Duchy is named after the Prince.

In Meiningen on 15 October 1862 Moritz married Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, second child and only daughter of Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen by his wife, Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel.

They had five children, one son and four daughters:

• Princess Marie Anne, married on 16 April 1882 to Prince Georg of Schaumburg-Lippe.
• Princess Elisabeth Augusta Marie Agnes married on 27 April 1884 to Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia. Upon her marriage, she took the name Elizaveta Mavrikievna in a Russian Orthodox baptism
• Princess Margarethe Marie Agnes Adelaide Karoline Fredericka (1867-1882), died young
• Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, married Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe and had issue; they divorced on 17 January 1920, shortly after the collapse of the German Empire
• Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg married on 6 February 1895 to Eduard, Duke of Anhalt; they divorced on 26 January 1918, shortly before he died

Prince Moritz died on 13 May 1907, in Arco, Tirol, Austro-Hungarian Empire, aged 77.

He was buried, alongside his wife, Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, in the Fürstengruft in the Friedhof, Altenburg, until 1974, when their bodies were reburied in a grave in the Friedhof, Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany.^[1]

He received the following orders and decorations:^[2]