Not to be confused with his grandfather Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844–1894).

Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Carl August Wilhelm Ernst Friedrich Georg Johann Albrecht) (28 July 1912 – 14 October 1988) was a German prince and head of the Grand Ducal house of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

The Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was created in 1809 by the merger of the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach. It was raised to a Grand duchy in 1815 by resolution of the Vienna Congress. In 1877, it officially changed its name to the Grand Duchy of Saxony , but this name was...

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He was born in Schloss Wilhelmsthal

Wilhelmsthal

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 the second child but eldest son and heir of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Wilhelm Ernst Karl Alexander Friedrich Heinrich Bernhard Albert Georg Hermann was the last Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.-Biography:...

 and his second wife Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen

Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890-1972)

Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen was the eldest child of Prince Friedrich Johann of Saxe-Meiningen, a younger son of Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld, a daughter of Ernst, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld...

 (1890–1972). His father's reign came to an end on 9 November 1918 as a result of the German revolution

German Revolution

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. When his father died on 24 April 1923, Charles Augustus succeeded him as head of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

Charles Augustus died at Schienen

Öhningen

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 and was succeeded as head of the grand ducal house by his son Michael

Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach is a German prince and the current head of the Grand Ducal House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, as well as senior agnate of the entire House of Wettin....

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Marriage and issue

Charles Augustus was married at the Wartburg

Wartburg

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 castle on 5 October 1944 to Elisabeth Freiin von Wangenheim-Winterstein

Baroness Elisabeth of Wangenheim-Winterstein

Baroness Elisabeth of Wangenheim-Winterstein was the wife of Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach...

 (Tübingen

Tübingen

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, 16 January 1912 - Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, 15 March 2010), daughter of Othmar Freiherr von Wangenheim-Winterstein and wife Maud von Truetzschler. They had three children:

• Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Duchess of Saxony (b. Burgellern bei Bamberg, 22 July 1945), married in Munich
  Munich
  Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
  
   on 10 July 1981 to Mindert Diderik de Kant (b. Leeuwarden, 6 August 1934). They divorced in 1983, without issue.
• Prince Michael of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Duke of Saxony
  Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
  Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach is a German prince and the current head of the Grand Ducal House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, as well as senior agnate of the entire House of Wettin....
  
   (b. Bamberg, 15 November 1946)
• Princess Beatrice-Maria of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Duchess of Saxony (b. Bamberg, 11 March 1948), married in London on 9 December 1977 to Martin Charles Davidson (b. London
  London
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  , 23 September 1940), and had a daughter, Bettina Davison

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