Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen

Friedrich Christian
Margrave of Meissen
Head of the Royal House of Saxony
Reign18 February 1932 – 9 August 1968
PredecessorFrederick Augustus III
SuccessorMaria Emanuel
Born(1893-12-31)31 December 1893
Dresden, German Empire
Died9 August 1968(1968-08-09) (aged 74)
Samedan, Switzerland
Burial
Royal Chapel in Königskapelle in Karrösten in North Tyrol
SpousePrincess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis
IssueMaria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen
Princess Maria Josepha
Princess Anna
Albert, Margrave of Meissen
Princess Mathilde
Names
German: Friedrich Christian Albert Leopold Anno Sylvester Macarius
English: Frederick Christian Albert Leopold Anno Sylvester Macarius
HouseWettin
FatherFrederick Augustus III of Saxony
MotherArchduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Albert Leopold Friedrich Christian Sylvester Anno Macarius, Prince of Saxony, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen (31 December 1893 – 9 August 1968) was the second son of Frederick Augustus III, the last reigning king of Saxony before the abolition of the monarchy in 1918. Upon his father's death in 1932, he became the head of the Royal House of Saxony. He was Captain à la suite in the Royal Bulgarian Infantry, and Grand Master of the Order of the Rue Crown, and also a Knight in the Order of the Black Eagle and Knight Grand Cross in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. As head of the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin after 1932, he styled himself as Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen.