Prince Alexander Philip of Anhalt

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HRH Prince Alexander Philip of Anhalt
Titles Prince of Anhalt

Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Biographical Information
Born 4 May 1977 (age 48)

Coburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany

Spouse Katharina, Hereditary Duchess of Anhalt

(m. 2008)

Issue Prince Maxime
Name Alexander Philip
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Duke Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Mother Princess Elena of Romania
Religion Lutheran

Prince Alexander Philip of Anhalt (born Prince Alexander Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 4 May 1977) is a member of the Anhalt Ducal Family as the son-in-law of Eduard II, Duke of Anhalt. He is also a member of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Ducal Family as the brother of Hubertus, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, as well as the Austrian Imperial Family as the nephew-in-law of Charles II, Emperor of Austria.

Life

Alexander Philip was born the third and youngest child of Duke Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Elena of Romania.

In 2010, his wife was named Hereditary Duchess of Anhalt and he subsequently moved with his family to Anhalt. Shortly after, he was named a Prince of Anhalt by his father-in-law.

Marriage and Issue

On 12 July 2008, Alexander Philip married Katharina, Hereditary Duchess of Anhalt in Dessau. The couple have one child, Maxime.

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Prince Maxime 21 December 2010

Residences

Titles and Honours

  • 1977-2010 Prince Alexander Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  • 2010-present Prince Alexander Philip of Anhalt

National Honours

Order of Albert the Bear (2010)

Foreign Honours

Order of the Red Eagle (2010) (Germany)

Saxe-Ernestine House Order (1995) (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)

Ancestry

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Duke Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Countess Viktoria Luise of Solms-Baruth

Duke Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein

Count Hans of Solms-Baruth

Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein

Prince Leopold of the United Kingdom

Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Duke Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Friedrich, Prince of Solms-Baruth

Countess Luise of Hochberg

Duke Friedrich Ferdinand of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Princess Elena of Romania King Michael of Romania

Princess Anne of Parma

King Carol II of Romania

Princess Helen of Greece

Prince Rene of Parma

Princess Margaret of Denmark

King Ferdinand of Romania

Princess Marie of Edinburgh

King Constantine I of Greece

Princess Sophia of Prussia

Duke Robert I of Parma

Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal

Prince Valdemar of Denmark

Princess Marie d'Chartres

Lines of Succession

Prince Alexander Philip of Anhalt

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Born: 4 May 1977

Lines of Succession
Preceded by
Succession to the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha throne
Followed by
Princess Madeleine of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
4th in the line of succession
Prince Maxime of Anhalt