Daniel Timo von Sachsen (born 23 June 1975), is a German politician and entrepreneur, and the eldest son of Rüdiger von Sachsen,[1] and his wife Astrid Linke.[2]
He is a founder of the Wettin Forest Service[3] and the Wettiner Golf Cup.[4]
Daniel was born in Duisburg, the then-West Germany to Rüdiger von Sachsen (the second son of Prince Timo of Saxony, but first with his morganatic wife, Margrit Lucas) and his wife, Astrid Linke (1949–1989).
He was raised in West Germany (Stein-Wingert), not returning to Dresden until well after the Berlin Wall came down. After secondary school, he joined the army, then studied business economics at RWTH Aachen University, and also trained in forestry.
Career
Together with his father Ruediger, he founded in 2003, and still runs, the Wettinische Forstverwaltung (Wettin Forest Service).[3] He also organizes exhibitions at one of the former family palaces, Moritzburg Castle (the acclaimed baroque "hunting lodge" for ancestor Frederick Augustus the Strong).
His father claimed to be Head of the Royal House of Saxony. The former royal title however is now part of Daniel's offial family name (Prinz von Sachsen, Herzog zu Sachsen).