Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen
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Frederick Johann of Saxe-Meiningen | |
Mother | Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld |
Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (11 October 1892 – 6 January 1946) was the head of the house of Saxe-Meiningen from 1941 until his death.
Biography
He was born in
Georg suspended his studies to serve in
After the death of his uncle
Georg and his family were expropriated without compensation in 1945. Georg, who served as a major in the Wehrmacht died in the Russian prisoner of war camp near Cherepovets (Tscherepowetz in German) in Northern Russia. His heir was his second and only surviving son Prince Frederick Alfred who renounced the succession, being a monk in 1953, allowing it to pass to his uncle Bernhard.
Marriage and children
He was married in Freiburg im Breisgau on 22 February 1919 to Countess Klara Marie von Korff genannt Schmising-Kerssenbrock (Darmstadt, 31 May 1895 - Högerhof bei Türnitz, Lower Austria, 10 February 1992). They had four children:
Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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Prince Anton Ulrich of Saxe-Meiningen | 23 December 1919 | 20 May 1940 | (aged 20)Killed in Action at Albert-sur-Somme during World War II
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Prince Frederick Alfred of Saxe-Meiningen | 5 April 1921 | 18 September 1997 | (aged 76)Renounced the succession allowing it to pass to his uncle. A Carthusian monk since 1953.
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Princess Marie Elisabeth | 18 December 1922 | 31 March 1923 (3 months 13 days) | |
Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen |
6 January 1925 | 3 February 2010 | (aged 85)She married Otto von Habsburg on 10 May 1951 and had issue. |
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References
- ^ New York Times. 1922-10-29. p. 103.
- ^ Archduchess Regina von Habsburg, Royalty Obituaries, The Telegraph, 4 Feb 2010.