Editing Royal House of Saxe-Gessaphe (section)

==Dispute==
However the Margrave's brother, [[Albert, Margrave of Meissen (1934–2012)|Prince Albert]], subsequently stated that he did not accept that decision as binding. He preferred that [[Rüdiger Prinz von Sachsen]], the son of his first cousin the late Prince Timo of Saxony (1923-1982) succeed to the royal Saxon claim.<ref>{{cite web| last = Velde| first = François| title = Laws of the Kingdom of Saxony| work = Heraldica.org| url = http://www.heraldica.org/topics/royalty/HGSachsen-K.htm#Introduction| access-date = 2008-04-18}}</ref> Since Rüdiger's mother was a commoner, retroactive "de-morganatization" of the late Timo's marriage was required to "dynasticize" his offspring, an act the [[agnate]]s of the royal house who participated in the 1997 decision did not undertake. In some circumstances German princely law (''Fürstenrecht'') did allow a consensus of dynasts – or the last surviving male dynast – to dynasticize the issue of a [[morganatic marriage]] through unanimous and irrevocable action.<ref>{{cite web| last = Velde| first = François| title = Reading Notes on Family Law in German Ruling Families of the 19th c.| work = Heraldica.org| url = http://www.heraldica.org/topics/royalty/Zoepfl.htm#Practice| access-date = 2008-04-18}}</ref> Albert had become the last prince of the male line when he died on 6 October 2012. 

However, Saxony's constitution and house law explicitly required that descendants of the royal house had to be born of "equal marriage" in order to succeed to the throne. Moreover, ''Fürstenrecht'', derived from German legal customs, was considered subordinate in applicability to enacted law.<ref>{{cite web| last = Velde| first = François| title = Reading Notes on Family Law in German Ruling Families of the 19th c.| work = Heraldica.org| url = http://www.heraldica.org/topics/royalty/Zoepfl.htm#Practice| access-date = 2008-04-18}}</ref>