page_title: Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1826–1896)
section_title: Family and early life
hierarchical_section_title: Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1826–1896) / Family and early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, Grand Duchess of Oldenburg (1826–1896)
context_page_description: Princess Elisabeth Pauline Alexandrine of Saxe-Altenburg was a daughter of Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and his wife Duchess Amelia of Württemberg. By marriage, she became Grand Duchess of Oldenburg.
context_section_description: Elisabeth was born on 26 March 1826 in Hildburghausen. She was the fourth daughter born to Joseph, the then Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Hildburghausen and his wife Duchess Amelia of Württemberg. Her official title was Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Hildburghausen until later that year, when her family moved to Altenburg as a result of a transfer of territories among the various branches of the Ernestine Wettins. Elisabeth then took the title Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg. In 1834, her father succeeded as Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, but was forced to abdicate in the civil revolution of 1848 due to the conservative, anti-reform nature of his government.
  Elisabeth and her siblings were educated by Carl Ludwig Nietzsche, a Lutheran pastor and the father of the famous philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Her sisters included Queen Marie of Hanover (wife of George V of Hanover) and Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Russia (wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia). Through Alexandra, Elisabeth was an aunt of Queen Olga of Greece.
caption: Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, Grand Duchess of Oldenburg as a young woman, c.1849.
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