Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg

Princess Charlotte
Princess Sigismund of Prussia

Princess Charlotte with her family ca. 1906. In the picture: Duke Ernst II, Princess Elisabeth, Hereditary Prince George Moritz, Duchess Adelaide with Prince Frederick and in the back Princess Charlotte.
Born (1899-03-04)4 March 1899
Potsdam, Prussia
Died 16 February 1989(1989-02-16) (aged 89)
Hemmelmark, West Germany
Spouse Prince Sigismund of Prussia (m. 1919)
Issue Barbara, Duchess Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Prince Alfred
Full name
Charlotte Agnes Ernestine Augusta Bathildis Marie Therese Adolfine
House House of Saxe-Altenburg
Father Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Mother Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe

Princess Charlotte Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg (German: Prinzessin Charlotte Agnes von Sachsen-Altenburg; 4 March 1899  16 February 1989) was the eldest child of Ernst II, the last reigning duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

Marriage and family

On 11 July 1919 at Hemmelmark, she married Prince Sigismund of Prussia, the second son of Prince Heinrich of Prussia, brother of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.[1]

They had two children:

Her granddaughters, Donata and Edwina, are the only remaining senior members of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Titles, styles, honours, and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

Notes

  1. Marlene A. Eilers, Queen Victoria's Descendants, page 162.
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