Princess Olga of Saxe-Altenburg (German: Prinzessin Olga von Sachsen-Altenburg und Herzogin von Sachsen; 17 April 1886 – 13 January 1955) was a German noblewoman and a member of the Ducal House of Saxe-Altenburg.Genealogisches Handbuch der Fürstlichen Häuser, Vol. 1, (Limburg: Starke, 1951), p. 132.
Early life
Born at Albrechtsberg Castle in Dresden, the capital of the Kingdom of Saxony.Gothaischer Hofkalender: Genealogischer Hofkalender, (Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1922), p. 12. She was the eldest daughter of Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg and his first wife, Princess Marie of Prussia.Genealogisches Handbuch der Fürstlichen Häuser, Vol. 1, (Limburg: Starke, 1951), p. 132. Through her mother, she was a niece of Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia.Almanach de Gotha, (Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1910), p. 24.
Following the premature death of her mother in 1888, Olga's upbringing was deeply influenced by her father's dual service to the German and Russian empires. She received a private education typical of the high aristocracy, focusing on languages, music, and court etiquette.L'Allemagne dynastique, Tome V, (Le Perreux: Giraud, 1988), p. 510. Due to her father's position as a General in the Imperial Russian Army, part of her education took place in Saint Petersburg, where she became fluent in Russian and FrenchGothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Gräflichen Häuser, (Gotha: Perthes, 1942), p. 420.
Marriage and later life On 20 May 1913, she married Count Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghauss in Ludwigsburg. Together, they had three children:Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Vol. 47, (Limburg: Starke, 1971), p. 322.
Countess Ella-Viola (1914–1982); married Andreas Friedrich von Flotow (1913-1990) in 1941 and had issue.Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, (Gotha: Perthes, 1941), p. 390. Countess Eleonore-Renata (1919–1997); married two times and had issue by bothL'Allemagne dynastique, Tome V, (Le Perreux: Giraud, 1988), p. 510. Count Karl Rüdiger (1923–1923) died when two months old.
After the collapse of the German monarchy and the post-war displacement of the landed aristocracy in 1945, she relocated to Westphalia. She died in Münster on 13 January 1955. Ancestry
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