Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Difference between revisions

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HRH The Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Titles	Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Reign	5 January 1901 - 24 April 1923
Coronation	28 July 1901
Predecessor	Charles Alexander
Successor	Charles Augustus II
Biographical Information
Born	10 June 1876 Weimar, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Germany
Died	24 April 1923 (aged 46) Weimar, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Germany
Spouse	Princess Caroline of Reuss (m. 1903; w. 1905) Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (m. 1910; d. 1923)
Issue	Princess Sophie Charles Augustus II Prince Bernhard Prince George
Name	Wilhelm Ernst Karl Alexander Friedrich Heinrich Bernhard Albert Georg Hermann
House	Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Father	Hereditary Grand Duke Charles Augustus of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Mother	Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Religion	Lutheran

General

Life[edit | edit source]

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Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

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Name	Birth	Death	Marriage
Princess Sophie	20 March 1911	21 November 1988 (aged 77)	Friedrich Gunther, Prince of Schwarzburg (m. 1938); no issue
Charles Augustus II	28 July 1912	14 October 1988 (aged 76)	Elisabeth von Wangenheim-Winterstein (m. 1944); had issue
Prince Bernhard	3 March 1917	23 March 1986 (aged 69)	Princess Felicitas of Salm-Horstmar (m. 1943); had issue
Prince George	24 November 1921	11 March 2011 (aged 89)	Princess Marie Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein (m. 1953); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

1876-1901 Prince Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
1901-1923 Wilhelm Ernst, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Ancestry[edit | edit source]


Parents	Grandparents	Great-Grandparents	Great-Great-Grandparents
Hereditary Grand Duke Charles Augustus of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach	Grand Duke Charles Alexander of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Princess Sophie of the Netherlands	Grand Duke Charles Frederick of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia King William II of the Netherlands Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia	Grand Duke Charles Augustus I of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt Emperor Paul of Russia Princess Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemberg King William I of the Netherlands Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia Emperor Paul of Russia Princess Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemberg
Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach	Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Princess Augusta of Wurttemberg	Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen King William I of Wurttemberg Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia	Grand Duke Charles Augustus I of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt Duke George I of Saxe-Meiningen Princess Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg King Frederick I of Wurttemberg Princess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Emperor Paul of Russia Princess Sophie Dorothea of Wurttemberg

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+|[[Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Princess Sophie]]
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+|20 March 1911
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+|21 November 1988 (aged 77)
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+|[[Friedrich Gunther, Prince of Schwarzburg]] (m. 1938); no issue
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+|[[File:Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach_Charles_Augustus_1912.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
+|[[Grand Duke Charles Augustus II of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Charles Augustus II]]
+|28 July 1912
+|14 October 1988 (aged 76)
+|[[Elisabeth von Wangenheim-Winterstein]] (m. 1944); had issue
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+|[[File:Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Bernhard 1917.png|frameless|150x150px]]
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+|[[Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (b. 1917)|Prince Bernhard]]
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+|3 March 1917
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+|23 March 1986 (aged 69)
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+|[[Princess Felicitas of Salm-Horstmar]] (m. 1943); had issue
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+|[[File:Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach George.png|frameless|150x150px]]
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+|[[Prince George of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach|Prince George]]
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+|24 November 1921
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+|11 March 2011 (aged 89)
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+|[[Princess Marie Alexandra of Schleswig-Holstein]] (m. 1953); had issue
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