Genealogy of the Royal Family of Saxony¹

HRH Prince Ernst Heinrich and his descendants

HRH Ernst Heinrich Ferdinand Franz Joseph Otto Maria Melchiades Prince of Saxony
* Dresden, December 9th, 1896
† Neckarhausen, June 14th, 1971
Captain of the Infantry of Saxony

Married:

1. Schloß Hohenburg near Lenggries, April 12th, 1921:
   HGDH Sophia Karoline Marie Wilhelmine Princess de Luxembourg, Princess de Nassau
   * Berg Castle, Colmar-Berg, February 14th, 1902
   † (lung-disease) Hospital, Munich, May 24th, 1941
2. (morganatic) Paris, June 28th, 1947:
   Virginia Dulon
   * Frankfurt am Main, December 17th, 1910
   

Children from the first marriage:

1. HRH Albrecht Friedrich August Johannes Gregor Dedo Prince of Saxony
   * Munich, May 9th, 1922
2. HRH Georg Timo Michael Nikolaus Maria Prince of Saxony
3. HRH Rupprecht Hubertus Gero Maria Prince of Saxony
   * Munich, September 12th, 1925
   

HRH Georg Timo Michael Nikolaus Maria Prince of Saxony
* Munich, December 22nd, 1923
† Emden, April 22nd, 1982

Married:

1. (morganatic) Mühlheim an der Ruhr, August 7th, 1952:
   Margit Lukas
   * Mühlheim an der Ruhr, May 9th, 1932
   † Mühlheim an der Ruhr, June 6th, 1957
2. (civil) Marburg an der Lahn, February 3rd and (religious) Marburg an der Lahn, February 5th, 1966:
   Charlotte Schwindack
   * Dresden, March 11th, 1919
   (Divorced: Marburg an der Lahn, February 6th, 1974)
3. Emden, March 26th, 1974:
   Erna Emilie Eilts ("Erina")
   * Wolthusen near Emden, July 23rd, 1921

Illegitimate child:

1. Hermann von Sachsen
   * Siegen, May 25th, 1950
   (Mother: Erika Montanus)

   Married:

   Bad Aibling, April 8th, 1979:
   Theophana Aladjov
   * Sofia, August 5th, 1949
   (Divorced: 1991)

   Children from this marriage:

   1. Marie Luise Anne Sophie Katherine von Sachsen
      * Palm Beach, Florida, September 11th, 1981
   2. Marie Helene Elisabeth Viktoria Theophana von Sachsen
      * Palm Beach, Florida, April 5th, 1983
   3. Max-Emanuel Georg August Peter von Sachsen
      * Palm Beach, Florida, November 25th, 1984
   4. Franz-Ferdinand Johannes Christian Peter von Sachsen
      * Palm Beach, Florida, November 22nd, 1985

Children from the first marriage:

2. Rüdiger Karl Ernst Timo Ali Prinz von Sachsen
   * Mühlheim an der Ruhr, December 23rd, 1953

   Married:

   Willich, June 14th, 1974:
   Astrid Linke
   * Halle an der Saale, June 5th, 1949
   † (drug overdose) Stein-Wingert, November 22nd, 1989

   Children from this marriage:

   1. Daniel Timo Prinz von Sachsen
      * Duisburg, June 23rd, 1975
   2. Arne Benjamin Prinz von Sachsen
      * Duisburg, March 7th, 1977
   3. Nils Sebastian Prinz von Sachsen
      * Duisburg, November 6th, 1978
3. Iris Hildegard Sophie Margrit Gisela Prinzessin von Sachsen
   * Mühlheim an der Ruhr, September 21st, 1955

   Married:

   1. March 21st, 1975:
      Hans Jürgen Hadam
      * Mühlheim an der Ruhr, October 18th, 1950
      † Mühlheim an der Ruhr, January 9th, 1977
      (Divorced: 1976)
   2. (civil) Essen-Borbeck, May 20th and (religious) Mühlheim an der Ruhr, July 22nd, 1977:
      Wolfgang Count Deym von Stritetz
      (Born as: Wolfgang König)
      * Agram, January 10th, 1943
      (Adopted by Leopold Count Deym von Stritetz)
      (Divorced: 1983)
   3. Hachenburg, August 8th, 1988:
      Ulrich Schuhmacher
      * June 20th, 1953
      (Divorced: 1989)
   4. Sonsbeck, November 11th, 1996:
      Wolfgang Siegfried Döhring
      * Salpia, March 6th, 1941

   Illegitimate children:

   1. Xenia Florence Gabriela Sophie Iris Prinzessin von Sachsen
      * Düsseldorf, August 20th, 1986
   2. Xandra Barbara Desirée Emy Margrit Prinzessin von Sachsen
      * Hachenburg, January 15th, 1990

Footnotes:

1. With special thanks to Brigitte Gastel Lloyd, Netty Leistra, Daniel Timo Prinz von Sachsen and Paul Theroff.

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Last updated: February 28th, 2002.