Princess Olga of Saxe-Altenburg

Princess Olga
Countess Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss
Born(1886-04-17)17 April 1886
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
Died13 January 1955(1955-01-13) (aged 68)
Münster, West Germany
Spouse
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(m. 1913; died 1945)​
IssueCountess Ella-Viola
Countess Eleonore-Renata
Count Karl Rüdiger
Names
Olga Elisabeth Carola Victoria Maria Anna Agnes Antoinette
HouseHouse of Saxe-Altenburg
FatherPrince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg
MotherPrincess Marie of Prussia
ReligionLutheranism

Princess Olga of Saxe-Altenburg (German: Prinzessin Olga von Sachsen-Altenburg und Herzogin von Sachsen; 17 April 1886 – 13 January 1955) was a German noblewoman and a member of the Ducal House of Saxe-Altenburg.[1][2]

Early life

Olga with her little sister Marie, 1904.
Styles of
Princess Olga of Saxe-Altenburg
Reference styleHer Highness
Spoken styleYour Highness

Born at Albrechtsberg Castle in Dresden, the capital of the Kingdom of Saxony.[3] She was the eldest daughter of Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg and his first wife, Princess Marie of Prussia.[4] Through her mother, she was a niece of Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia.[5]

Following the premature death of her mother in 1888, Olga's upbringing was deeply influenced by her father's dual service to the German and Russian empires. She received a private education typical of the high aristocracy, focusing on languages, music, and court etiquette.[6] Due to her father's position as a General in the Imperial Russian Army, part of her education took place in Saint Petersburg, where she became fluent in Russian and French[7]

Marriage and later life

On 20 May 1913, she married Count Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss in Ludwigsburg. Together, they had three children:[8][9]

  • Countess Ella-Viola (1914–1982); married Andreas Friedrich von Flotow (1913-1990) in 1941 and had issue.[10]
  • Countess Eleonore-Renata (1919–1997); married two times and had issue by both[11]
  • Count Karl Rüdiger (1923–1923) died when two months old.

After the collapse of the German monarchy and the post-war displacement of the landed aristocracy in 1945, she relocated to Westphalia. She died in Münster on 13 January 1955.

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ Genealogisches Handbuch der Fürstlichen Häuser, Vol. 1, (Limburg: Starke, 1951), p. 132.
  2. ↑ "The Ducal House of Saxe-Altenburg". Monarchies of Europe. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Gothaischer Hofkalender: Genealogischer Hofkalender, (Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1922), p. 12.
  4. ↑ Genealogisches Handbuch der Fürstlichen Häuser, Vol. 1, (Limburg: Starke, 1951), p. 132.
  5. ↑ L'Allemagne dynastique, Tome V, (Le Perreux: Giraud, 1988), p. 510.
  6. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Gräflichen Häuser, (Gotha: Perthes, 1942), p. 420.
  7. ↑ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Vol. 47, (Limburg: Starke, 1971), p. 322.
  8. ↑ Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who", of the Sovereigns, Princes and Nobles of Europe. Harrison & Sons.
  9. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, (Gotha: Perthes, 1941), p. 390.
  10. ↑ L'Allemagne dynastique, Tome V, (Le Perreux: Giraud, 1988), p. 510.

Bibliography

  • Vogel, Thomas (2005). Die Prinzen von Sachsen-Altenburg. Selle. ISBN 978-3938552001.
  • Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels. Vol. 47. C.A. Starke. 1971.
  • Gothaischer Hofkalender. Justus Perthes. 1922.
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