Person:Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1)

Ernest I _____, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Name Ernest I _____, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Gender Male
Birth[1] 2 Jan 1784 Coburg, Coburg, Oberfranken, Bayern, Germany
Marriage to Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Marriage to Antoinette of Württemberg
Death[1] 29 Jan 1844 Goldbach (AG. Gotha), Thuringen, Germany
Reference Number? Q58770?


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Ernest I (; 2 January 178429 January 1844) was the last sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (as Ernest III) and, from 1826, the first sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (as Ernest I). He was the father of Albert, Prince Consort, who was the husband of Queen Victoria. Ernest fought against Napoleon Bonaparte, and through construction projects and the establishment of a court theatre, he left a strong imprint on his residence town, Coburg.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.