Duke Alfred 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 22 August 1893 - 30 July 1900
Coronation 30 March 1894
Predecessor Ernest II
Successor Charles Edward
Biographical Information
Born 6 August 1844

Windsor, England, United Kingdom

Died 30 July 1900 (aged 55)

Coburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany

Spouse Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia

(m. 1874; d. 1900)

Issue Hereditary Duke Alfred

Princess Marie
Princess Victoria Melita
Princess Alexandra
Princess Beatrice

Name Alfred Ernest Albert
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Mother Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
Religion Lutheran

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Hereditary Duke Alfred 15 October 1874 6 February 1899 (aged 24) Died unmarried and without issue
Princess Marie 29 October 1875 18 July 1938 (aged 62) King Ferdinand of Romania (m. 1893); had issue
Princess Victoria Melita 25 November 1876 2 March 1936 (aged 59) (1) Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse (m. 1894); had issue

(2) Emperor Kirill of Russia (m. 1905); had issue

Princess Alexandra 1 September 1878 16 April 1942 (aged 63) Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (m. 1896)
Princess Beatrice 20 April 1884 13 July 1966 (aged 82) Infante Alfonso of Spain (m. 1909); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1844-1866 Prince Alfred of the United Kingdom
  • 1866-1893 Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
  • 1893-1900 Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke Ernest I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Countess Augusta of Ebersdorf

Duke Augustus of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Princess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Duke Ernest Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Heinrich XXIV, Count of Ebersdorf

Countess Caroline Ernestine of Erbach-Schonberg

Duke Ernest II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen

Grand Duke Frederick Francis I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Prince Edward of the United Kingdom

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

King George III of the United Kingdom

Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Countess Augusta of Ebersdorf

Frederick, Prince of Wales

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Duke Ernest Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Heinrich XXIV, Count of Ebersdorf

Countess Caroline Ernestine of Erbach-Schonberg