Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg
Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg, was a German prince of the ducal house of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
Family
He was the seventh but fourth surviving son of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen and Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.Life
Military career
Eduard accompanied his nephew Otto to Greece as head of the Bavarian military contingent. After the London Conference of 1832 had decided that Greece should have a monarchy, it was offered to Otto, who accepted, and he became the first King of the newly independent Greece in 1832, and the Bavarians led by Otto arrived in the same year. Otto made Eduard governor of Nafplio.Eduard's stay in Greece was brief, however, and he had returned to Bavaria by 1834, where he served as a senior officer. He served as a commander of the Bavarian forces in the First Schleswig War on the side of the German Confederation. He remained in military service until a year before his death in 1852.
Marriages and issue
He married firstly in Sigmaringen on 25 July 1835 to Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. They had four children:- Therese Amalie Karoline Josephine Antoinette, married on 16 April 1864 to Prince August of Sweden.
- Antoinette Charlotte Marie Josephine Karoline Frida, married on 22 April 1854 to Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt.
- Ludwig Joseph Karl Georg Friedrich died in childhood.
- Johann Friedrich Joseph Karl died in childhood.