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05-15-2008, 07:09 AM
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Grand Ducal House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Wettin)
Welcome to the thread about the Grand Ducal House of Saxe-Weimar & Eisenach. Post all your questions and remarks about this family in this thread.
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05-30-2008, 10:55 PM
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The current Head of the Grand Ducal House is HRH Prince Michael-Benedikt (b.1946), succeeding his father Hereditary Grand Duke Karl Augustus upon his death in 1988. His designated heir is his cousin Prince Wilhelm-Ernst since he does not have a son (yet). Prince Michael-Benedikte is also the most senior agnatic descendant of the entire House of Wettin to which HM Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain belongs. He is also, as is Queen Beatrix of Holland, a direct descendant of King George II of Great Britain.
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06-01-2008, 06:28 AM
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10-04-2008, 06:31 PM
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I once had dinner with Michael-Benedikt's daughter Leonie when we were both little girls. I thought she was the heir. Why are females not allowed to become heir? I mean, it's modern times...
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10-05-2008, 06:31 AM
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The reason that Leonie inot the heir is that the german families stick to the old rules. Perhaps if they had continued to reign after the war they would have evolved along with the other European families and allowed female line descent.
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05-11-2009, 11:10 AM
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Wilhelm Ernst was the last reining Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Are there any biographies of him? Preferably in English? I know little if anything about these Albertine Wettins. (I hope I got that right!) But according to his Wiki article linked below, he did much for his state but was the "most hated prince in Germany" due to his personal life.
Edit: Well, duh. As I look again at the Wiki article it references an article in the European Royal History Journal (December 1999). Is this on line anywhere? wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ernest,_Grand_Duke_of_Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
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#9
05-26-2009, 06:49 AM
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Wedding of Erbprinz Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, Coburg, 23 May 2009...
Hereditary Prince Michael Benedikt of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, daughter Princess Leonie (L) and wife Princess Dagmar (R): [DNF] Fotoarchief Denieuwsfoto .
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