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Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Mother. Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar. Religion. Lutheranism. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (29 April 1763 in Hildburghausen – 29 September 1834 in Altenburg ), was duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826) and duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1826–1834).
The Duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was nominally created in 1672, when Duke Frederick William III of Saxe-Altenburg died at the age of 14 and Ernest the Pious, by his marriage with Elisabeth Sophie, inherited the major part of his possessions. It was common for the Ernestine duchies to merge and split; Ernest's combined duchy was divided again ...
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Saxe-Altenburg (German: Sachsen-Altenburg) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin, now in present-day Thuringia. The territory of the duchy consisted of two non-contiguous territories separated by land belonging to the Principality of Reuss. Saxe-Altenburg became part of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg until the extin...
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In 1542 John Frederick decided to rule alone, so the Franconian areas of the Wettin family lands (Coburg and Eisfeld) were divided from Saxe-Thuringen to form Saxe-Coburg for John Ernest. Upon the death of John Frederick in 1553, Saxe-Thuringen itself was divided to form Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Gotha.
Religion. Lutheran. Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (28 July 1676 – 23 March 1732), was a duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg . He was born in Gotha, the fifth child and first son of Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels . After the death of his father, in 1691, Frederick II assumed the duchy ...
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha became the name of the royal house of the United Kingdom from 1901 until 1917 (the reign of Edward VII), when the name was changed the Windsor because of hatred of anything German in World War I.
Jul 2, 2020 · Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom, by Winterhalter. In the middle of the first World War, King George V wanted to change the name of the royal dynasty of the United Kingdom from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to something much more English-sounding.
