Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
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Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (30 April 1798 – 26 November 1869) was a sovereign prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
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the second son of the reigning prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Louis Frederick II and his wife Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Homburg
(1771–1854). His father died on April 28, 1807 and his brother Friedrich Günther
succeeded him as sovereign prince with Albert becoming the heir presumptive
. Landgravine Caroline acted as regent for Albert's brother Friedrich Günther until he came of age in 1814.
Following the death of his brother Friedrich Günther on June 28, 1867 Albert succeeded his brother as prince instead of his nephew Prince Sizzo of Leutenberg
who was born as a result of a morganatic marriage. His short two year reign came to an end following his death in Rudolstadt. His was succeeded by his son Hereditary Prince Georg.
and Prince Frederick Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels. They had four children.
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was a small historic state in present-day Thuringia, Germany with its capital at Rudolstadt.-History:Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was established in 1599 in the course of a resettlement of Schwarzburg dynasty lands...
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Biography
He was born in RudolstadtRudolstadt
Rudolstadt is a town in the German Bundesland of Thuringia, close to the Thuringian Forest to the southwest, and to Jena and Weimar to the north....
the second son of the reigning prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Louis Frederick II and his wife Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Homburg
Caroline of Hesse-Homburg
Caroline of Hesse-Homburg was the daughter of Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and his wife, Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt. She married in 1791 to Prince Ludwig Friedrich II of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. They had five children together. Caroline died on 20 June 1854.-Children:-Ancestry:-...
(1771–1854). His father died on April 28, 1807 and his brother Friedrich Günther
Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was a sovereign prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.-Biography:...
succeeded him as sovereign prince with Albert becoming the heir presumptive
Heir Presumptive
An heir presumptive or heiress presumptive is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir or heiress apparent or of a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question...
. Landgravine Caroline acted as regent for Albert's brother Friedrich Günther until he came of age in 1814.
Following the death of his brother Friedrich Günther on June 28, 1867 Albert succeeded his brother as prince instead of his nephew Prince Sizzo of Leutenberg
Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg
Günther Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg was the head of the House of Schwarzburg and pretender to the principalities of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.-Biography:...
who was born as a result of a morganatic marriage. His short two year reign came to an end following his death in Rudolstadt. His was succeeded by his son Hereditary Prince Georg.
Marriage and children
On July 26, 1827 Prince Albert was married to Princess Augusta Luise of Solms-Braunfels (25 July 1804-8 October 1865), daughter of Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-StrelitzFrederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , Duchess of Cumberland and later Queen of Hanover , was the consort of Ernest Augustus I of Hanover, the fifth son and eighth child of George III and Queen Charlotte.She was born in the Altes Palais of Hanover as the fifth...
and Prince Frederick Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels. They had four children.
- Prince Karl Günther (1828-1828)
- Princess Elisabeth (1833–1896) married Leopold III, Prince of LippeLeopold III, Prince of LippeLeopold III of Lippe was the sovereign of the Principality of Lippe reigning from 1851 until his death.-Early life and ascension:...
- Prince Georg (1838–1890)
- Prince Ernst Heinrich (1848-1848)