Princess Charlotte Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg was the eldest child of Ernst II, the last reigning duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Saxe-Altenburg

Saxe-Altenburg was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in present-day Thuringia.-History:The duchy originated from the medieval Burgraviate of Altenburg in the Imperial Pleissnerland , a possession of the Wettin Margraves of Meissen since 1243...

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Marriage and family

On 11 July 1919 at Hemmelmark, she married Prince Sigismund of Prussia

Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896-1978)

Prince Sigismund of Prussia , was the second son of Prince Heinrich of Prussia and his wife, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine...

, the second son of Prince Heinrich of Prussia

Prince Heinrich of Prussia

Prince Henry of Prussia was a younger brother of German Emperor William II and a Prince of Prussia...

, brother of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.

They had two children:

• HRH Princess Barbara Irene Adelheid Viktoria Elisabeth Bathildis of Prussia
  Princess Barbara of Prussia
  Princess Barbara of Prussia was the only daughter of Prince Sigismund of Prussia and Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg.She was a great-granddaughter of Frederick III, German Emperor and a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.-Marriage and family:...
  
   (2 August 1920 – 31 May 1994) married HRH Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and had issue.
• HRH Prince Alfred Friedrich Ernst Heinrich Conrad of Prussia (b. 17 August 1924) married Maritza Farkas (6 August 1929 – 1 November 1996), no issue.

Her granddaughters Donata

Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg

Duchess Donata of Mecklenburg is the senior member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Since there are no males left in the family, the Schwerin branch itself is considered extinct due to the Salic law of succession...

 and Edwina, are the only remaining senior members of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Titles and styles

• 4 March 1899 – 11 July 1919: Her Highness Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg
• 11 July 1919 – 16 February 1989: Her Royal Highness Princess Sigismund of Prussia

Ancestry