Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen

Albert Casimir
Portrait by Marcello Bacciarelli, c. 1766
Duke of Teschen
Reign8 April 1766 – 10 February 1822
PredecessorJoseph II
SuccessorCharles
AlongsideMaria Christina
Governor of the Austrian Netherlands
Tenure29 November 1780 – 1 March 1792
PredecessorPrince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
SuccessorArchduke Charles of Austria
AlongsideMaria Christina
Born(1738-07-11)11 July 1738
Moritzburg, Electorate of Saxony
Died10 February 1822(1822-02-10) (aged 83)
Vienna, Austria
Burial
Ducal Crypt, Vienna
Spouse
(m. 1766; died 1798)
IssuePrincess Maria Theresia
Names
Albert Kasimir August Ignaz Pius Franz Xavier
HouseWettin
FatherAugustus III of Poland
MotherMaria Josepha of Austria
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Palace of Prince Albert, today houses his Albertina collection
Coat of arms of Maria Christina of Austria and Albert Casimir of Saxony

Prince Albert Casimir of Saxony, Duke of Teschen (11 July 1738, Moritzburg, Electorate of Saxony – 10 February 1822, Vienna) was a Saxon prince from the House of Wettin who married into the Habsburg imperial family. He was noted as an art collector and founded the Albertina in Vienna, one of the largest and finest collections of old master prints and drawings in the world.


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