Prince Wilhelm Karl Bernhard Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Ei..

December 21, 1853 (age 70)

Stuttgart

Prince Wilhelm also has had his own financial problems, and has been forced by the Grand Duke to live outside Weimar. Wilhelm is heir presumptive to the throne as the young Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst is a widower. Many assume that the Grand Duke will marry again, and ensure the succession is kept to the main branch. Prince Hermann morganatically married Wanda Paola Lottero, an Italian stage actress, on 5 September 1909 in London. He rollicking lifestyle. The ducal family forced him to renounce his rights of succession to the Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach throne, as well as his royal status, title and prerogatives, granting him a lesser, noble title, Count Ostheim, along with a small allowance on the grounds that he stay out of the duchy. Prince Wilhelm also had a bad reputation. His behavior aroused the dissatisfaction of the head of the family.

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Prince Wilhelm of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was born on 21 December 1853 in Stuttgart. He was the eldest son of the Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Princess Augusta of Württemberg (1826-1898).

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Prince Wilhelm also has had his own financial problems, and has been forced by the Grand Duke to live outside Weimar. Wilhelm is heir presumptive to the throne as the young Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst is a widower. Many assume that the Grand Duke will marry again, and ensure the succession is kept to the main branch.

Prince Hermann morganatically married Wanda Paola Lottero, an Italian stage actress, on 5 September 1909 in London.

He rollicking lifestyle. The ducal family forced him to renounce his rights of succession to the Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach throne, as well as his royal status, title and prerogatives, granting him a lesser, noble title, Count Ostheim, along with a small allowance on the grounds that he stay out of the duchy.

Prince Wilhelm also had a bad reputation. His behavior aroused the dissatisfaction of the head of the family.

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