Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen
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Birthname | Albert Leopold F. C. Sylvester Anno Macarius | ||||
born on | 31 December 1893 at 17:40 (= 5:40 PM ) | ||||
Place | Dresden, Germany, 51n03, 13e44 | ||||
Timezone | MET h1e (is standard time) | ||||
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Astrology data | 10°18' 00°05 Asc. 29°12' |
Biography
Prince and Duke of Saxony, as the second son of King Friedrich August III of Saxony, who was the last King of Saxony, before the monarchy was abolished in 1918. When his father died in 1932, he became the head of the Royal House of Saxony. He was Captain à la suite in the Royal Bulgarian Infantry, and Grand Master of the Order of the Rue Crown, and also a Knight in the Order of the Black Eagle and Knight Grand Cross in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. As head of the House of Wettin after 1932, he styled himself as Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen.
He married Elisabeth Helene (a daughter of Albrecht, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria) on 16 June 1923 in Regensburg. They had five children.
Friedrich Christian died on 9 August 1968 at Samedan, aged 74.
Relationships
- child->parent relationship with Friedrich August III, King of Saxony (born 25 May 1865)
- child->parent relationship with Luise, Archduchess of Austria (born 2 September 1870)
- sibling relationship with Anna, Princess of Saxony (born 4 May 1903)
- sibling relationship with Ernst Heinrich, Prince of Saxony (born 9 December 1896)
- sibling relationship with Georg, Prince of Saxony (born 15 January 1893)
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield forwarded news report from "Hamburger Nachrichten," 2 January 1894: "Dresden, den 1. Januar. Die Gemahlin des Prinzen Friedrich August geb. ErzHerzogin Luise von Toscana ist gestern Abend 5 Uhr 40 Minuten von einem Knaben glücklich entbunden worden." (Dresden, January 1. The consort of Prince Friedrich August, Archduke Luise of Tuscany, was happily delivered of a boy at five-forty o'clock in the evening yesterday).
Categories
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (One)
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Five)
- Notable : Famous : Royal family (House of Wettin)