#duchess agnes of saxe-altenburg

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Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia with his family: Princess Elisabeth Auguste Marie Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna of Russia Princess Vera Constantinovna Romanova of Russia Prince Georgy Konstantinovich of Russia Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia Prince Oleg Konstantinovich of Russia Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia Princess Tatiana Constantinovna Romanova of Russia Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia

Russian vintage postcard

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Agnes, Duchess consort of Saxe-Altenburg née Anhalt-Dessau, 1880s.

Maternal aunt of Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught.

On 28 April 1853, Agnes married Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg.

They had one daughter, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg.

As their only son died as an infant, the duchy would be inherited by their nephew Ernst upon Ernst I's death in 1908.

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1877 Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (photo by Arno Kersten) 

(Schloss Altenburg)

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Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau was the eldest daughter of Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt by his wife Princess Frederica of Prussia. She was a member of the House of Ascania, and by her marriage to Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Duchess consort of Saxe-Altenburg.

Source of the original image RCT

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#OnThisDay 1st 📸 - Year 1817, Birth of Louise of Hesse-Kassel. was Queen of Denmark as the wife of King Christian IX from 15 November 1863 until her death in 1898. Louise was born as the daughter of Prince William of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Charlotte of Denmark. Her siblings included Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Auguste Sophie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel. Louise of Hesse lived in Denmark from the age of three. As a niece of King Christian VIII, who ruled Denmark between 1839 and 1848, Louise was very close to the succession after several individuals of the royal house of Denmark who were elderly and childless. Louise was married at the Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen on 26 May 1842 to her second cousin Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg. He was soon selected as hereditary prince of Denmark and later ascended the throne of Denmark as King Christian IX. 2nd 📸 - Year 1857, Birth of Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt. the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1904 to 1914 as the spouse of Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She was born Princess Elisabeth Marie Frederica Amelia Agnes in Wörlitz, the third child of Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt and Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg. Her nickname in the family was "Elly". 3rd 📸 - Year 1930, Birth of King Baudouin of Belgium. was King of the Belgians from 1951 until his death in 1993. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo. Baudouin was the elder son of King Leopold III (1901–1983) and his first wife, Princess Astrid of Sweden (1905–1935). Because he and his wife, Queen Fabiola, had no children, at Baudouin's death the crown passed to his younger brother, King Albert II. On 15 December 1960, Baudouin was married in Brussels to Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón. Fabiola was a Spanish noblewoman who was working as a nurse. The couple announced their engagement on 16 September 1960 at the Castle of Laeken. #RoyalHistory #HistoryofRoyals #RoyalBirth #LouiseofHesseKassel #PrincessElisabethofAnhalt #KingBaudouin #Monarchy #EuropeanRoyalties https://www.instagram.com/p/CTg67Xil2eM/?utm_medium=tumblr

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8th July 1830

Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna, wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich was born on this day in Altenburg, Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg. She was the fifth daughter of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Duchess Amalie of Württemberg. She was also the younger sister of Marie, Queen consort of Hanover.

Alexandra married Konstantin Nikolaevich, the second son of Emperor Nicholas I in 1848. Despite their differences, they had a happy beginning and had a shared interest in music; they enjoyed playing duets at the piano. But their marriage later suffered, and Konstantin embarked on affairs that resulted to numerous illegitimate issues. Nevertheless, they had six children together including Olga Konstantinovna, Queen consort of Greece, and poet Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich. Alexandra Iosifovna loved the Russian extravagance and magnificence, which was entirely in keeping with her extraordinary beauty, her marvelous hair in particular. A few considred that she resembled Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, whose style of dress she copied. She also had an innate dignity and a profound respect for traditional values.

“The Grand Duchess Constantine was the most beautiful woman of her time but was quite a character. She used to drive in the country around Warsaw in a superb carriage with outriders, but she always had a night pot on the seat facing her in case of need, as she would not condescend to enter the house of Commoner.” — Agnes de Stoeckl, My Dear Marquess

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Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (24 June 1824 - 23 October 1897)

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Prince Ernst and Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Altenburg with their four children, c. 1905.

Princess Charlotte Agnes, Princess Elisabeth, Hereditary Prince Georg Moritz and Prince Frederick.

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Saxe-Altenburg Ducal Family, mids 1910s.

From left to right: Prince Frederick, Duke Ernst II ( brother-in-law of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich), Princess Charlotte Agnes, Duchess Adelaide, Hereditary Prince Georg Moritz and Princess Elisabeth.

Ernst II had a great passion for theater and his interest in the theater extended "to the beautiful and talented actresses". At the end of the First World War, the Duke abdicated on November 13, 1918. “Ultimately, his affairs led Adelaide to feel compelled, after the Duke's abdication in 1918, to end the marriage with the words, 'As the mother of the country, I endured the disgrace, as (only) a wife, I'm no longer ready for it' end. ”On January 17, 1920, the marriage was dissolved after 22 years. While Ernst entered into a second marriage with an opera singer, Adelaide remained single.

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Saxe-Altenburg Ducal Family, 1910s.

From left to right: Princess Elisabeth, Duchess Adelaide, Hereditary Prince Georg Moritz, Princess Charlotte Agnes, Prince Frederick and Duke Ernst II.

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Then Prince Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg and his wife, Princess Adelaide with their two oldest children, Princess Charlotte Agnes and Prince Georg Moritz, c. 1902.

Photograph by Emil Koch.

Source: Czech Archives.

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Duchess Adelaide of Saxe-Altenburg (1875-1971) with her two eldest children, Princess Charlotte Agnes (1899-1989) and Hereditary Prince Georg Moritz (1900-1991) at the ice rink.

At the behest of Cornflower Day on may 13, 1911.

Adelaide was a great-niece of Queen Louise of Denmark née Hesse-Kassel and sister-in-law of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna.

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Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and wife, Duchess Adelaide née Schaumburg-Lippe with their two eldest children, Princess Charlotte Agnes and Georg Moritz, Hereditary Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Circa 1901/1902.

Ernst was the only brother of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna.

Photograph by Emil Koch.

Source: Czech Archives

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Her Highness Princess Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg née Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (1875-1971) with her eldest born daughter, Princess Charlotte Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg (1899-1989).

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna was Adelaide's sister-in-law.

I think she resembled a bit her mother's first cousin, Empress Maria Feodorovna.

Photograph by Ateliér Ernst Eichgrün, Potsdam.

Source: Czech Archives

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Prince Alfred of Prussia and his mother, Princess Sigismund of Prussia née Princess Charlotte Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg, niece of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna.

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Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna's younger sister who died young.

Princess Margarete Marie Agnes Adelaide Karoline Fredericka of Saxe-Altenburg (1867-1882) in 1880.

Margarete's elder sister Marie Anne, Princess consort of Schaumburg-Lippe named her eldest daughter who was born in 1896 after her late sister. Sadly this child died a day after her first birthday in 1897.

Princess consort Marie Anne of Schaumburg-Lippe holding her newborn daughter Princess Margarete who was born on January 21, 1896.