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Head of the Royal House of Saxony (disputed) | |||||
Tenure | 23 July 2012 – 6 October 2012 | ||||
Predecessor | Maria Emanuel | ||||
Successor | Rüdiger | ||||
Born | Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Weimar Republic | 30 November 1934||||
Died | 6 October 2012 Munich, Bavaria, Germany | (aged 77)||||
Burial | 12 October 2012 | ||||
Spouse | Elmira Henke | ||||
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House | Wettin | ||||
Father | Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen | ||||
Mother | Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Prince Albert Joseph Maria Franz-Xaver of Saxony, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen[2] (30 November 1934[3] – 6 October 2012)[4] was the head of the Royal House of Saxony and a German historian. The fourth child and youngest son of Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen and his wife Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis, he was the younger brother of Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, who was his predecessor as head of the Royal House of Saxony.