Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen
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Albert Leopold Friedrich Christian Sylvester Anno Macarius, Prince of Saxony, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen (31 December 1893 – 9 August 1968) was the second son of
Life
He was born in
Friedrich Christian was made a
In 1918, Friedrich Christian was one of several candidates to the prospective Kingdom of Lithuania.[1] On 13 November of that year, his father abdicated following the German Empire's defeat in the World War I. Friedrich Christian led the Saxon army home from Belgium and France to Germany, where they demobilized in Fulda.
After the end of World War I, he turned to the study of
On 9 February 1920, he joined the KDSt.V. Thuringia Würzburg. Here, he met
After completing his PhD, he became a private teacher of the history of art. Around this time, his father asked him to take up the management of the family holdings in Saxony and Silesia.
In 1923, his older brother
In 1937, the family moved to
In 1955, their relatives in the
Friedrich Christian died on 9 August 1968 at Samedan. He was buried outside the Royal Chapel in Königskapelle in Karrösten in North Tyrol.
Marriage and children
Friedrich Christian married on 16 June 1923, at Regensburg, Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis (1903–1976), daughter of Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria. They had five children:
- Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen (1926–2012), married in 1962 Princess Anastasia of Anhalt, without issue.
- Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1928–2018), not married.
- Princess Anna of Saxony (1929–2012), married in 1952 Roberto de Afif and had three sons.
- Albert, Margrave of Meissen(1934–2012), married in 1980 Elmira Henke, without issue.
- Princess Mathilde of Saxony (1936–2018), married in 1968 and divorced in 1993 Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, and had one (now deceased) son.
Ancestry
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References
- Albert Herzog zu Sachsen: Die Wettiner in Lebensbildern, Styria-Verlag, Graz, Vienna and Cologne, 1995, ISBN 3-222-12301-2
- Bäsig, Frank-Michael: Friedrich Christian Markgraf von Meißen, Raute Verlag, Dresden, 1995, ISBN 3-9804584-0-7
- ISBN 0-8371-7780-4.
External links
- Literature by and about Friedrich Christian von Sachsen in the German National Library catalogue
- Biographical information
- Biography on the site of the House of Wettin
Footnotes
- ^ Senn (1975), p. 36.