Albert Saxe-Teshensky

Albert Casimir August Saxon ( German: Albrecht Kasimir August Moritz Ignaz Pius Franz Xaver Prinz von Sachsen, Herzog von Teschen ; July 11, 1738 , Moritzburg Castle - February 10, 1822 , Vienna ) - Duke of Teschen, the youngest son of Polish King Augustus III (from the Saxon clan of the Vettins ) and Mary Joseph of Austria , the last governor of the Austrian Netherlands . He became famous as a tireless collector of graphics and prints that made up the largest collection of this kind - Vienna Albertina .

Albert Casimir Augustus of Saxony, Duke of Teshensk
Albrecht Kasimir August Prinz von Sachsen, Herzog von Teschen
Portrait of a brush by an unknown artist in 1777
Date of Birth	July 11, 1738 ( 1738-07-11 )
Place of Birth	Moritzburg Castle , Elector Saxony
Date of death	February 10, 1822 ( 1822-02-10 ) (83 years old)
Place of death	Vein
Affiliation	Holy Roman Empire Austrian Empire
Rank	Field Marshal
Commanded	Governor of Hungary (1765-1781), stalter of the Austrian Netherlands (1781-1793)
Battles / wars	The Siege of Lille (1792) , The battle of Jemappe
Awards and prizes	(Spanish)
Communication	son of Augustus III husband of Maria Christina Teshenskaya

Monument to Archduke Albert at Albertina in Vienna, Austria

Archduke Maria Cristina , beloved daughter of Empress Maria Theresa , was sympathetic to her cousin Albert and asked her mother for permission for this marriage (although, from a political point of view, he had no benefit). The wedding took place at Hof Castle in the spring of 1766, when the Vienna court mourned the death of Emperor Franz . As a dowry, Prince Albert received the Duchy of Tesinski .

Thanks to his unusually cordial relationship with his wife, Prince Albert was allowed into the Habsburg home circle and spent his whole life in the service of his wife's relatives. In 1765-1781 he governed in Hungary , living alternately in the Bratislava city and in the summer Halburn Palace. Then he was transferred as the viceroy of the Netherlands to Brussels , where he built the Laken Palace (the current residence of the King of Belgium ).

After the invasion of the revolutionary French army into the Netherlands, Albert of Saxony was defeated in the battle of Gemappe and returned to Vienna, where he spent the rest of his life in one of the Hofburg palaces. He was buried with his wife in Kaisergruft . Since their only daughter died immediately after birth, titles, palaces and a huge collection of graphics by Prince Albert were inherited by his adopted son, Archduke Karl Teshensky .