Heads of The Ducal House of Saxe-Altenburg, Post Monarchy
- Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1918–1955)
- Georg Moritz, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Altenburg (1955–1991)
In 1991 the Saxe-Altenburg line became extinct. Its representation was merged with the one of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Two branches descend from duke Ernest the Pious, the father of the progenitor of this Saxe-Altenburg branch: Saxe-Meiningen and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; according to old Wettin family law, they would have divided the actual territories between them (as happened to Gotha and Altenburg in 1826).
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