Hubertus, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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HRH The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Titles Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Reign 3 April 2025 - present
Coronation 5 November 2025
Predecessor Andreas
Heir Philipp, Hereditary Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Biographical Information
Born 16 April 1975

Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany

Spouse Princess Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein

(m. 2009)

Issue Princess Katharina

Philipp, Hereditary Duke
Princess Madeleine

Name Hubertus Michael
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Duke Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Mother Princess Elena of Romania
Religion Lutheran

Hubertus, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 16 April 1975) is the current reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He is also a member of the Schleswig-Holstein Ducal Family as the brother-in-law of Friedrich Ferdinand II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, as well as the Romanian Royal Family as the nephew of Margareta, Queen of Romania.

Life[edit | edit source]

Hubertus was born the second child and elder son of Duke Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Elena of Romania.

Hubertus became Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha upon the death of his father in 2025.

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

On 23 May 2009, Hubertus married Princess Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein in Coburg. The couple have three children, Katharina, Philipp, and Madeleine.

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Princess Katharina 30 April 2014
Philipp, Hereditary Duke 15 July 2015
Princess Madeleine 22 February 2017

Residences[edit | edit source]

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1975-1998 Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  • 1998-2025 Hubertus, Hereditary Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  • 2025-present Hubertus, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

National Honours[edit | edit source]

Saxe-Ernestine House Order (1993)

Foreign Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of the Black Eagle (2025) (Germany)

Order of the Red Eagle (2003) (Germany)

Order of Schleswig (2009) (Schleswig-Holstein)

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Duke Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Countess Viktoria Luise of Solms-Baruth

Duke Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein

Hans, Count of Solms-Baruth

Princess Caroline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein

Prince Leopold of the United Kingdom

Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Duke Friedrich Ferdinand I of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Caroline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein

Friedrich II, Prince of Solms-Baruth

Countess Luise of Hochberg

Duke Friedrich Ferdinand I of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Caroline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Elena of Romania King Michael of Romania

Princess Anne of Parma

King Carol II of Romania

Princess Helen of Greece

Prince Rene of Parma

Princess Margaret of Denmark

King Ferdinand of Romania

Princess Marie of Edinburgh

King Constantine I of Greece

Princess Sophia of Prussia

Duke Robert I of Parma

Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal

Prince Valdemar of Denmark

Princess Marie d'Chartres

Lines of Succession[edit | edit source]

Hubertus, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Born: 16 April 1975

Lines of Succession
Preceded by
Succession to the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha throne
Followed by
Incumbent

preceded by

Andreas
Incumbent
Philipp, Hereditary Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Notes[edit | edit source]

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