Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
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1871 – 1955
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Who was Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg?
Ernst II Bernhard Georg Johann Karl Frederick Peter Albert, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, was the last reigning duke of Saxe-Altenburg.
He was the fourth child but only son of Prince Moritz, the youngest son of Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Meiningen.
The death of his father on the 13 May 1907 made him first in the line of succession to the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg. He inherited the dukedom when his uncle and namesake Ernst I, died without surviving male issue, on the 7 February 1908.
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- Born
- Aug 31, 1871
Altenburg - Also known as
- Ernst II Bernhard Georg Johann Karl Frederick Peter Albert, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Parents
- Spouses
- Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe
(1898/02/17 - 1920/01/17)
- Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Children
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- Mar 22, 1955
Trockenborn-Wolfersdorf
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on July 23, 2013
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