Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen

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Friedrich Christian
Margrave of Meissen
Head of the Royal House of Saxony
Reign	18 February 1932 – 9 August 1968
Predecessor	Frederick Augustus III
Successor	Maria Emanuel
Born	(1893-12-31)31 December 1893 Dresden, German Empire
Died	9 August 1968(1968-08-09) (aged 74) Samedan, Switzerland
Burial	Royal Chapel in Königskapelle in Karrösten in North Tyrol
Spouse	Princess Elisabeth Helene of Thurn and Taxis
Issue	Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen Princess Maria Josepha Princess Anna Albert, Margrave of Meissen Princess Mathilde
Names German: Friedrich Christian Albert Leopold Anno Sylvester Macarius English: Frederick Christian Albert Leopold Anno Sylvester Macarius
House	Wettin
Father	Frederick Augustus III of Saxony
Mother	Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Albert Leopold Friedrich Christian Sylvester Anno Macarius, Prince of Saxony, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen (31 December 1893 – 9 August 1968) was the second son of Frederick Augustus III, the last reigning king of Saxony before the abolition of the monarchy in 1918. Upon his father's death in 1932, he became the head of the Royal House of Saxony. He was Captain à la suite in the Royal Bulgarian Infantry, and Grand Master of the Order of the Rue Crown, and also a Knight in the Order of the Black Eagle and Knight Grand Cross in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. As head of the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin after 1932, he styled himself as Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen.