Editing Alexander, King of Saxony

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right" size="500px"
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! colspan="2" |HM The King of Saxony
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Wettin_Alexander.jpg|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|King of [[Saxony]]
Prince of Saxe-Gessaphe
|-
|'''Reign'''
|23 July 2012 - present
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|'''Coronation'''
|23 March 2013
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[King Maria Emanuel of Saxony|Maria Emanuel]]
|-
|'''Heir'''
|[[Georg Philipp, Crown Prince of Saxony]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
|-
|'''Born'''
|12 February 1953 (age 72)

Munich, Bavaria, Germany
|-
|'''Spouse'''
|[[Princess Gisela of Bavaria]]
(m. 1987)
|-
|'''Issue'''
|[[Georg Philipp, Crown Prince of Saxony]]
[[Prince Moritz of Saxony|Prince Moritz]]<br>
[[Prince Paul of Saxony|Prince Paul]]<br>
[[Infanta Maria Teresita, Duchess of Porto]]
|-
|'''Name'''
|Alexander Robert Friedrich Christian Georg
Josef Maria da Guadelupe 
|-
|'''House'''
|Afif (by birth)
Wettin (by adoption)
|-
|'''Father'''
|[[Robert, Prince of Saxe-Gessaphe]]
|-
|'''Mother'''
|[[Princess Anna of Saxony]]
|-
|'''Religion'''
|Roman Catholic
|}
'''Alexander, King of Saxony''' (born ''Alexander, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Gessaphe'' on 12 February 1953) is the current reigning King of Saxony. 

==Life==
Alexander was born the eldest child of '''Robert, Prince of Saxe-Gessaphe''' and '''Princess Anna of Saxony'''. He succeeded his father as Prince of Saxe-Gessaphe upon his death in 1978.

In 1997, Alexander's childless uncle, King Maria Emanuel of Saxony, named Alexander as his heir to the throne. Shortly after, the proposal was approved by '''[[Georg Friedrich, Emperor of Germany]]''' and Alexander was named Crown Prince of Saxony. 

==Marriage and Issue==
On 29 August 1987, Alexander married '''Princess Gisela of Bavaria''' in Munich. Alexander and Gisela have four children, '''Georg Philipp, Moritz, Paul,''' and '''Maria Teresita.'''
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
|-
|[[File:Wettin Georg Philipp.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Georg Philipp, Crown Prince of Saxony]]
|24 May 1988
|
|Unmarried and without issue
|-
|[[File:Wettin Moritz.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Prince Moritz of Saxony|Prince Moritz]]
|14 September 1989
|
|Unmarried and without issue
|-
|[[File:Wettin Paul.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Prince Paul of Saxony|Prince Paul]]
|23 March 1993
|
|Unmarried and without issue
|-
|[[File:Wettin Maria Teresita.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Infanta Maria Teresita, Duchess of Porto]]
|7 July 1999
|
|[[Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto]] (m. 2025); no issue
|}

==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences Saxony Dresden Castle.jpg|Dresden Castle; Main Residence (March-May; September-November)
File:Residences Saxony Moritzburg Castle.JPG|Moritzburg Castle; Winter Residence (December-February)
File:Residences Saxony Pillnitz Castle.jpg|Pillnitz Castle; Summer Residence (June-August)
</gallery>

==Titles and Honours==

* '''1953-1978'''   Alexander, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Gessaphe
* '''1978-1997'''   Alexander, Prince of Saxe-Gessaphe
* '''1997-2012'''   Alexander, Crown Prince of Saxony
* '''2012-present'''   Alexander, King of Saxony

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Saxony_Order_of_the_Rue_Crown.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Rue Crown (2007)

[[File:Honours_Saxony_Order_of_St._Henry.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of St. Henry (2012)

[[File:Honours_Saxony_Order_of_Albert.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Albert (1997)

[[File:Honours_Saxony_Civil_Order_of_Saxony.png|frameless|75x75px]] Civil Order of Saxony (2012)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_Bavaria_Order_of_Max_Joseph.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Max Joseph (1987) (Bavaria)

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Black_Eagle.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Black Eagle (2013) (Germany)

[[File:Honours_Prussia_Order_of_the_Red_Eagle.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Red Eagle (1999) (Germany)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
|-
|[[Robert, Prince of Saxe-Gessaphe]]
|[[Alexander Afif]]
[[Maria Atthye]]
|[[Selin Afif]]
[[Mariam Haddad]]

[[Ibrahim Atthye]]

[[Mathilde Khoury]]
|N/A
N/A<br>
N/A<br>
N/A<br>
N/A<br>
N/A<br>
N/A<br>
N/A
|-
|[[Princess Anna of Saxony]]
|[[King Friedrich Christian of Saxony]]
[[Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis]]
|[[King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony]]
[[Archduchess Louise of Austria]]

[[Albert I, Prince of Thurn and Taxis]]

[[Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria]]
|[[King George of Saxony]]
[[Infanta Maria Ana of Portugal]]

[[Grand Duke Ferdinand IV of Tuscany]]

[[Princess Alice of Parma]]

[[Hereditary Prince Maximilian Anton of Thurn and Taxis]]

[[Princess Helene of Bavaria]]

[[Archduke Joseph Karl, Palatine of Hungary]]

[[Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]
|}

==Lines of Succession==
{| class="wikitable wiki-table"
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! colspan="3" |Alexander, King of Saxony
House of Wettin 

Born: 12 February 1953 
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| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
|-
|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Saxony|Saxon]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
|-
|<center><small>Incumbent</small>
'''<small>preceded by</small>'''
[[King Maria Emanuel of Saxony|'''<small>Maria Emanuel</small>''']]</center>
|<center>Incumbent</center>
|<center>[[Georg Philipp, Crown Prince of Saxony]]</center>
|}
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