Background
Prince Daniel was born in Duisburg, Germany. His mother was Astrid Linke (1949–1989) a commoner who committed suicide.
Head of the Royal House of Saxony
Prince Daniel was born in Duisburg, Germany. His mother was Astrid Linke (1949–1989) a commoner who committed suicide.
He then studied business economics at Aachen for six semesters.
He was raised in West Germany (Stein-Wingert), not returning to Dresden until well after the Berlin Wall came down. After his secondary school exams he joined the army. He also trained in forestry and in 2003 together with his father Prince Ruediger he founded the Wettinische Forstverwaltung (Wettin Forest Service).
Currently he works in the family business and organises exhibitions at one of the family palaces, Moritzburg Castle (which was the acclaimed baroque "hunting lodge" for ancestor Frederick Augustus the Strong or August der Starke in German).
Since 2004 he has been a member of the municipal council of Moritzburg and the Meissen Kreis for the Christian Democratic Union party.