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Ernest I (German: Ernst Anton Karl Ludwig; 2 January 1784 – 29 January 1844) served as the last sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (as Ernest III) from 1806 to 1826 and the first sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1826 to 1844.
Ernest I, called "Ernest the Pious" (25 December 1601 – 26 March 1675) was a duke of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg. The duchies were later merged into Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg . He was the ninth but sixth surviving son of Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt.
Ernest I was the duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (as Ernest III) from 1806 and then, from 1826, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He was the uncle of Queen Victoria and the father of her husband, Prince Albert.
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The newly created Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was initially a double duchy, ruled by Ernest III as Duke Ernest I in a personal union, but with only one vote in the Bundesrat. The opportunity to unify the two duchies in 1826 was missed.
Ernest I reigned as the last sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (as Ernest III) and as the first duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (as Ernest I). He is also remembered as the father of Prince Albert, who later married Queen Victoria and became Prince Consort of the UK.
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1784-1844), was the eldest son of Franz, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, whom he succeeded in 1806. He succeeded to the Duchy of Gotha in 1826, after his brother-in-law’s death, through his marriage to Louise Saxe-Gotha.
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.
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