Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

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Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, was a 19th-century German sovereign known for his relatively liberal rule and patronage of the arts and culture in his small Thuringian state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century monarch
German sovereign
Grand Duke
human
birthDate 1818-06-24
birthPlace Weimar
child Karl August, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach NERFINISHED
Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach NERFINISHED
Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach NERFINISHED
citizenship German Confederation
German Empire
North German Confederation
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
country Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
deathDate 1901-01-05
deathPlace Weimar
dynasty House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
era 19th century
German Empire period
father Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
surface form: Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
fullName Karl Alexander August Johann
grandfather Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
surface form: Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
honor Order of the Black Eagle
surface form: Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle

Order of the Elephant
surface form: Knight of the Order of the Elephant

Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (Austria)
knownFor liberal rule
patronage of the arts
support of culture in Thuringia
language German
mother Maria Pavlovna of Russia
name Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach self-linksurface differs
surface form: Karl Alexander
nobleFamily House of Wettin
notableActivity promotion of Weimar as a cultural center
position member of the Bundesrat of the German Empire
predecessor Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
reignEnd 1901-01-05
reignStart 1853-07-08
relative Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna the Younger
surface form: Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia

Paul I of Russia
surface form: Tsar Paul I of Russia
religion Lutheranism
residence Weimar
spouse Princess Sophie of the Netherlands
successor Wilhelm Ernst, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
title Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

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Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach ruler Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Princess Sophie of the Netherlands spouse Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
this entity surface form: Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Fürstengruft, Weimar burialPlaceOf Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
this entity surface form: Carl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach name Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Karl Alexander
Wilhelm Ernst, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach succeeded Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach notableRuler Karl Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
this entity surface form: Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach