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 Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1826 - 1918
2.1.1 Dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1826 - 1918
The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was formerly the Royal House of several European monarchies and branches currently reign in Belgium through the descendants of Léopold I and in the United Kingdom and its associated Commonwealth realms through the descendants of Prince Albert.
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 COBURG - LoveToKnow Article on COBURG
In 1641 Coburg fell to the dukes of SaxeAltenburg.
Coburg is a place of considerable industry, the chief branches of the latter being brewing, manufactures of machinery, colors and porcelain, iron-founding and saw-milling; and there is an important trade in the cattle reared in the neighborhood.
The town of Coburg, first mentioned in a record of 1207, owed its existence and its name to the castle, and in the 15th and 16th centuries was of considerable importance as a halting-place on the great trade route from Nuremberg via Bamberg to the North.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CO/COBURG.htm   (526 words)

  
 The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1939-1945
Louise, Princess Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1858-1924).
Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1906-).
Maria Immaculata, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1904-1940).
gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu /royalty/houses/coburg.htm   (831 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
The publication of this Decree, however, was forbidden by the Government of Gotha, because the Bishop of Paderborn refused to recognize the validity of the "Regulativ" of 1811, and the sovereign prerogatives of the duke in ecclesiastical affairs.
At the desire of the Government of Gotha expressed through the medium of Prussia, the Catholics of the duchy were assigned to the Diocese of Paderborn by papal Decree of 13 Dec., 1853.
The territory of the Duchy of Coburg was ecclesiastically subject to the Diocese of Würzburg until the Reformation, after the inauguration of which the few remaining Catholics were ministered to by the Benedictines from the Monastery of Banz (on the Main).
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13494a.htm   (1021 words)

  
 SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA - LoveToKnow Article on SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA
Constitution and Administration.Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is a limited hereditary monarchy, its constitution resting on a law of 1852, modified in 1874.
In Coburg the people belong to the Franconian and in Gotha to the Thuringian branch of the Teutonic family, and, according to religious confessions, almost the entire population is Lutheran, Roman Catholics only numbering some 3000 and Jews about 700.
History.The district of Coburg came into the possession of the family of Wettin in the i4th century, and after the Wettins had become electors of Saxony this part of their lands fell at the partition of 1485 to the Ernestine branch of the house.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SA/SAXE_COBURG_GOTHA.htm   (1513 words)

  
 Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Alfred Ernest Albert) (born 6 August 1844 and died 30 July 1900), was the third Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha between 1893 and 1901.
He was succeeded as the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha by his nephew, Prince Charles Edward, Duke of Albany, the posthumous son of his youngest brother, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany.
On the death of his uncle, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on August 22, 1893, the vacant duchy fell to the Duke of Edinburgh, since the Prince of Wales had renounced his right to the succession.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duke_Alfred_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha   (1653 words)

  
 H.E. Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha
Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1937, the son of King Boris III and Queen Giovanna of Savoia.
Having won a landslide victory for the National Movement on 17 June 2001, Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha was sworn in as Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria on 24 July 2001.
The stated platform of the Movement in the Parliamentary election was to decisively bring standards of morality and integrity to the political life of the country.
www.thepathtopeacefoundation.org /saxe-coburg_gotha.html   (330 words)

  
 Saxe-Coburg-Gotha articles on Encyclopedia.com
Ernest I ERNEST I [Ernest I] 1784-1844, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (see under Saxe-Coburg); brother of Leopold I of Belgium, uncle of Queen Victoria of England, and father of Victoria's consort, Prince Albert.
He succeeded to the duchy of Coburg in 1806 and acquired Gotha in 1826.
Coburg's indsutries include lumber and paper milling, brewing, and the manufacture of glass, machinery, electrochemical equipment, and toys.
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 Schloss Callenberg - History
Through devolution the castle became the property of Duke Johann Casimir of Saxe-Coburg in 1592, after the death of the last von Sternberg.
After extensive restoration the former summer home of the Coburg Dukes was restored and since 1998 lodges the collection of ducal art treasures, with precious pieces of furniture, paintings, porcelain, traditional handicrafts and a selection of weapons from four centuries.
Until 1945 the castle was the summer residence of the Coburg Dukes.
www.schloss-callenberg.de /english/geschichte.html   (267 words)

  
 Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Royal Family
Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (from 1826 Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
Stillborn son (son of Princess Charlotte of Great Britain and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
This branch of the family is commonly referred as Saxe-Coburg-Kohary.
www.btinternet.com /~allan_raymond/Saxe_Coburg_Royal_Family.htm   (1109 words)

  
 The Castle in Gotha
Until the end of World War I, Gotha was the home of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the family from which today's British royal family is descended through Prince Albert who married England's Queen Victoria.
Gotha was first mentioned in writing in a document from Karl der Grosse (Charlemagne in American history textbooks) in the year 775, when it was named "villa gotaha." Karl der Grosse was crowned the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on Christmas day in 800.
Gotha is pronounced GO-duh, and Goethe is pronounced GERD-uh.
www.scrapbookpages.com /EasternGermany/Gotha/GothaCastle.html   (525 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Coburg
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, name of one of the duchies of Saxony, Germany, a region ruled by the members of the Wettin dynasty from the Middle Ages to the...
Coburg, district in south-eastern Australia, in the state of Victoria, between Moonee Ponds Creek and Merri Creek, in the Melbourne metropolitan...
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 Worldroots.com
4 Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
(1) 1 Princess Marianne of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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 Ernst-Leopold, Prinz von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha: Last Honor of a German Prince
The principality of Gotha came under the family's control in the 1820's after the death of the last reigning duke.
The Coburg inheritance was given to Prince Charles-Edward of Great Britain, only son of Queen Victoria's fourth son who had died a victim of hemophilia in 1884.
The eldest male member of the Coburg family, Prince Ernst-Leopold was unable to inherit the ducal throne.
www.eurohistory.com /ernst.html   (1275 words)

  
 The Ducal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Birth of Andreas Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, son of Friedrich Josias Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Marriage of the Hereditary Prince Ernst of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, brother of Prince Albert, with Princess Alexandrine of Baden.
Marriage of Friedrich Josias Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, son of Duke Carl Eduard, to Victoria Louise Countess of Solms Baruth.
www.sachsen-coburg-gotha.org /english/chronologie.html   (1275 words)

  
 The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1939-1945
Louise, Princess Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1858-1924).
Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1906-).
Maria Immaculata, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1904-1940).
gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu /royalty/houses/coburg.htm   (1275 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
The publication of this Decree, however, was forbidden by the Government of Gotha, because the Bishop of Paderborn refused to recognize the validity of the "Regulativ" of 1811, and the sovereign prerogatives of the duke in ecclesiastical affairs.
At the desire of the Government of Gotha expressed through the medium of Prussia, the Catholics of the duchy were assigned to the Diocese of Paderborn by papal Decree of 13 Dec., 1853.
The territory of the Duchy of Coburg was ecclesiastically subject to the Diocese of Würzburg until the Reformation, after the inauguration of which the few remaining Catholics were ministered to by the Benedictines from the Monastery of Banz (on the Main).
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13494a.htm   (1275 words)

  
 Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Albert and his elder brother, Ernest, spent their youth in a close companionship scarred by their parents' turbulent marriage and eventual separation; their adored mother, exiled from court and barred from seeing her children again due to an affair with a German baron, died young, at age 31, of cancer.
Apparently Prince Albert did not wish to become a British peer, unlike Prince George of Denmark, the husband of the future Queen Anne, who was created Duke of Cumberland by King William III in April 1689.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prince_Albert_of_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha   (1895 words)

  
 H-Net Review: Mary Noll Venables on Der Gothaer Fürstenstaat: Herrschaft, Konfession und Dynastie unter Herzog Ernst dem Frommen
He brushes past the question of confessionalism by stating that Ernst's reforms in Gotha need to be understood in the context of Lutheran orthodoxy, not a Calvinist second reformation (pp.
He clearly illustrates how the celebration of family grief emphasized Gotha's importance as Ernst's residence and the connection between Ernst's family and his subjects.
Klinger also takes issue with the suggestion that early modern rulers did not expect all the laws that they issued to be followed and argues that at least Ernst meant for his laws to be obeyed and created administrative structures to enforce them (pp.
www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=106881076280459   (1122 words)

  
 Gotha
Gotha was known in the late 12th cent.
Gotha has long been a center of geographical research and publishing.
In 1875 an important congress of the German Social Democratic Party was held in Gotha.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0821373.html   (203 words)

  
 Decorations of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
As with the Merit Cross, Neal O'Connor stated that there was a complete roll in the State Archives in Coburg (Staatsarchiv Coburg) for the merit medals, but did not state whether the roll was for Saxe-Coburg alone or for all three duchies.
Regarding awards of the merit cross during World War One, Neal O'Connor indicated that the State Archives in Coburg (Staatsarchiv Coburg) had the most complete roll, but did not state whether the roll was for Saxe-Coburg alone or for all three duchies.
First, the recipient was to have been a subject of the duke or have served in the Coburg regiment, 6.
home.att.net /~david.danner/militaria/saxecoburg.htm   (1067 words)

  
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HRH UMBERTO PRINCE OF BULGARIA; Umberto of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 20 November 1999.
HRH MIRKO PRINCE OF BULGARIA; Mirko of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 26 April 1995 at Madrid, Spain.
HRH LUCAS PRINCE OF BULGARIA; Lucas of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 15 July 1997 at Madrid, Spain.
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SAXE -COBURG-GOTHA (Albert of, Prince Consort of VICTORIA)(1819-1861)
SAXE-COBURG (Baudoin of, son of Philip of SAXE COBURG)(1861-1891)
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 British Royal Family
Prince Arthur was the notional next heir to the Dukedom of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha but declined the honour in favour of his nephew Prince Charles Edward.
See 4.916 - Alfred succeeded to the Dukedom of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 22 August 1893 on the death of his Uncle Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
When he was eighteen he was offered the throne of Greece on the abdication of King Otto, but refused it owing to the opposition of the British Government for political reasons.
www.btinternet.com /~allan_raymond/British_Royal_Family.htm   (1867 words)

  
 Welcome to your destination - Free Your Mind
The new name is that of the House of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, where the territory of Gotha was further included after the successful conclusion of the Napoleonic wars.
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was born 26 August 1819 at Schloss Rosenau Near Coburg in Germany.
Likewise, a strain of neurotic melancholy ran through the members of Prince Albert's family, the Saxe-Coburg Gotha, which was blamed on a curse.
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 Sotheby's - Services & Information - Investor Relations
Following the marriage of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819 - 1861) to his cousin Queen Victoria (1819 - 1901) in 1840, the name Saxe-Coburg and Gotha came into the British Royal Family, and was replaced with that of Windsor in 1917.
A leading contributor of this sale is the Ducal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
The culture of the table and dining is reflected in the fine table linen, beautiful chinaware and engraved glasses, including a 237-piece drinking service, engraved with the mirrored initial P and dating from the early 19th century (€ 3,000-5,000, illustrated).
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 10066
She married Edward VII Albert Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, King of the United Kingdom, son of Albert Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha and Victoria I Alexandrina Hanover, Queen of the United Kingdom, on 19 March 1863.
     Alfred Ernest Albert Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh and Strathearn was born on 6 August 1844 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England.
     Albert Victor Christian Edward Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Clarence and Avondale was born on 8 January 1864 in Frogmore House, Windsor, Berkshire, England.
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 History of the Order - The Founding Noble House of Saxe-Coburg
The Sachsen-Coburg Saalfelds are not well known today, but are nonetheless historically significant, as this family (later known as Sacshen - Coburg Gotha, or in Britain as the Saxe-Coburgs) are the direct ancestors of most of the royal families of Europe.
The family name of the "Ernestine branch" of the ruling house of Saxe - Coburg - Saalfeld (later Saxe - Coburg - Gotha) was Wettin.
His parents' Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandchildren include: Andrew of Greece and Denmark; George V Windsor, King of England; Nicholas II Romanov of Russia; Alice Maud Mary of Great Britain; Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany; and Edward VII of Saxe - Coburg - Gotha, King of England.
www.stjoachimorder.org /saxecoburgs.htm   (669 words)

  
 House laws of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Leopold Franz Julius, Prinz von Coburg und Gotha, Herzog zu Sachsen.
In cases where these do not provide any guidance, the laws of the whole house of Gotha (Altenburg, Meiningen and Coburg-Gotha), the laws of the Ernestine house, and the laws of the whole Saxon house are applicable, in that order (art.
Hausgesetz für das herzogliche Haus Sachsen-Koburg und Gotha vom 1.
www.heraldica.org /topics/royalty/HGSachsen-CG.htm   (7316 words)

  
 Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh & Saxe-Coburg Gotha (1844-1900)
H.R.H. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Julich, Cleves and Berg, of Engern and of Westphalia, Landgrave in Thuringuia, Margrave of Meisen, Princely Count of Henneberg, Count of the Mark and of Ravenstein, Lord of Ravenstein and Tonna, etc.
Prince Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert of Edinburgh, (H.R.H. The Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, with the style of His Royal Highness (H.R.H. The Prince Alfred).
www.regiments.org /biography/royals/1844alfr.htm   (578 words)

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