Ernst I | |||||
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Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | |||||
Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | |||||
Reign | 1853–1908 | ||||
Predecessor | George | ||||
Successor | Ernst II | ||||
Born |
Hildburghausen |
16 September 1826||||
Died | 7 February 1908 Altenburg |
(aged 81)||||
Spouse | Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau | ||||
Issue | Prince Georg, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg Marie, Princess Albert of Prussia |
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House | House of Wettin | ||||
Father | Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | ||||
Mother | Marie Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||||
Religion | Lutheranism |
Full name | |
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Ernst Frederick Paul Georg Nikolaus |
Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (German: Ernst I. Friedrich Paul Georg Nikolaus von Sachsen-Altenburg ) (Hildburghausen, 16 September 1826 – Altenburg, 7 February 1908), 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.
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.
They had two children: