Marie of Saxe-Altenburg

Born Alexandrine Marie Wilhelmine Katharine Charlotte Therese Henriette Luise Pauline Elisabeth Friederike Georgine, Princess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. After the rearrangement of the Ernestine duchies in 1826 she became a Princess of Saxe-Altenburg.

Daughter of Joseph, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Hildburghausen, later Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789-1868) and Amalie, Duchess of Württemberg (1799-1848)

Born: Hildburghausen 14. Apr 1818

Married: Hanover 18. Feb 1843 Georg, Crown Prince of Hanover, who became King Georg V of Hanover in 1851 (1819-1878), son of Ernst August I King of Hanover (1771-1851) and Friederike, Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778-1841)

Issue:

• Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland (1845-1923) m. 1878 Thyra, Princess of Denmark (1853-1933)

• Friederike, Princess of Hanover (1848-1926) m. 1880 Alfons, Freiherr von Pawel-Ramingen (1843-1932)

• Marie, Princess of Hanover (1849-1904)

Died: Gmunden, Upper Austria 9. Jan 1907

Buried: Mausoleum, Schloss Cumberland, Gmunden

Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 2005, Vittorio Klostermann