Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg

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.

Family

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

Marriage and issue

In Meiningen on 15 October 1862 Moritz married Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen, daughter of Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. They had five children:

Honours

He received the following orders and decorations:^[1]

• Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, November 1847^[2]
• Kingdom of Prussia:
  • Grand Cross of the Red Eagle, 18 October 1861^[3]
  • Iron Cross (1870), 2nd Class with White Band
  • Red Cross Medal, 1st Class, 27 January 1899^[4]
• Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore
•  Kingdom of Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown, 1848^[5]
•  Kingdom of Hanover:
  • Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order, 1852^[6]
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Ernst August
•  Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown, 9 February 1852^[7]
•  Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 4 February 1851^[8]
• Ascanian duchies: Grand Cross of Albert the Bear, 28 April 1853^[9]
• Lippe:
  • Cross of Honour of the House Order of Lippe, 1st Class
  • Red Cross Medal, 1st Class
• Kingdom of Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer
•  Russian Empire: Knight of St. Andrew
•  Brunswick: Grand Cross of the Henry the Lion

Moritzstraße in Altenburg is named after the Prince.

Ancestry

References

1. Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Altenburg (1902), "Genealogie des Herzoglichen Hauses" pp. 3-4
2. Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtum Sachsen-Altenburg (1855), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 19
3. "Rother Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1877, p. 30 – via hathitrust.org{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
4. "Rote Kreuz-Medaille", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), Berlin, 1895, p. 268 – via hathitrust.org{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
5. Sachsen (1866). Staatshandbuch für den Freistaat Sachsen: 1865/66. Heinrich. p. 4.
6. Staat Hannover (1865). Hof- und Staatshandbuch für das Königreich Hannover: 1865. Berenberg. p. 77.
7. Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg: 1879. Schulze. 1879. p. 32.
8. Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1855), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 9
9. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Herzogtum Anhalt (1867) "Herzoglicher Haus-orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 17