Duke Ernest I 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 12 November 1826 - 29 January 1844
Coronation 12 November 1826
Successor Ernest II
Biographical Information
Born 2 January 1784

Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Holy Roman Empire

Died 29 January 1844 (aged 60)

Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Spouse Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

(m. 1817; div. 1826)
Princess Marie of Wurttemberg
(m. 1832; d. 1844)

Issue Ernest II

Prince Albert

Name Ernest Anton Karl Ludwig
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Mother Countess Augusta of Ebersdorf
Religion Lutheran

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Ernest II 21 June 1818 22 August 1893 (aged 75) Princess Alexandrine of Baden (m. 1842); no issue
Prince Albert 26 August 1819 14 December 1861 (aged 42) Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (m. 1840); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1784-1800 Prince Ernest of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
  • 1800-1806 Ernest, Hereditary Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
  • 1806-1826 Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
  • 1826-1844 Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Duke Ernest Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Duke Francis Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Duke Ferdinand Albert II of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Duke John Ernest IV of Saxe-Saalfeld

Countess Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wuldungen
Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Princess Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Duke Ferdinand Albert I of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel-Bevern
Princess Christine of Hesse-Eschwege
Duke Louis Rudolph of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen

Countess Augusta of Ebersdorf Heinrich XXIV, Count of Ebersdorf

Countess Caroline Ernestine of Erbach-Schonberg

Heinrich XXIX, Count of Ebersdorf

Countess Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen

George August, Count of Erbach-Schonberg

Countess Ferdinande Henriette of Stolberg-Gedern

Heinrich X, Count of Ebersdorf

Countess Erdmuthe Benigna of Solms-Laubach
Wolfgang, Count of Castell-Remlingen
Countess Dorothea Renata of Zinzendorf-Pottendorf
George Albert II, Count of Erbach-Furstenau
Countess Anna Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg
Louis Christian, Count of Stolberg-Gedern
Princess Christine of Mecklenburg-Gustrow