European Royalty during World War II:
Royal Houses

Living Members of
The Former Ruling House of
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, 1939-1945

Head of House

Karl August, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1912-     ).  Married at Wartburg, near Eisenach, on October 5, 1944.
Wife:  Elisabeth, née Baroness von Wangenheim-Winterstein (1912-     )
Issue:
  1. Elisabeth, Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, born at Burgellern, near Bamberg, on July 22, 1945.

Mother
Second Wife of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1876-1923)

Feodore, née Princess of Saxe-Meiningen (1890-     )

Sister and Brothers
Children of Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1876-1923)

Sophie Luise, The Princess of Schwarzburg (1911-     )

Bernhard Friedrich, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1917-     ).  Married at Heinrichau, Silesia, on March 12, 1943.
Wife:  Felicitas, née Princess of Salm-Horstmar (1920-     )
Issue:
  1. Katharina, Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, born at Breslau on November 30, 1943.
  2. Alexander, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, born at Jadgschloss Zilbach on April 12, 1945, and died at Meiningen on June 6, 1945.

Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1921-     )

Brother of Great-Great-Grandfather
Son of Grand Duke Karl August of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1757-1828)

Karl Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792-1862)
Issue:  8 children, including
  1. Hermann, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825-1901)
    Issue:  7 children, including
    1. Wilhelm, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1853-1924)
      Wife:  Gerta, née Princess of Ysenburg und B      üdingen in Wächtersbach (1863-1945).  Died at Baden-Baden on November 27, 1945.
      Issue:  3 children, including
      1. Hermann, Count von Ostheim (1886-     ).  Forfeited his rights of succession as a result of his unequal first marriage and was created Count von Ostheim in 1909.
        3rd Wife:          Isabel, née Nielson (1895-     )
        Issue of his second marriage:
        1. Alexander, Count von Ostheim (1922-1943).  Died in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 28, 1943.
    2. Bernhard, Count von Crayenburg (1855-1907).  Forfeited his rights of succession as a result of his unequal first marriage in 1900 and assumed the title of Count von Crayenburg in 1901.
      2nd Wife:       Elisabeth, née Countess von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg (1869-1940).  Died on December 25, 1940.

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