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Religion. Lutheran. Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (15 July 1646 – 2 August 1691), was a duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. He was born in Gotha, the fourth but eldest surviving son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg and Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg . When Ernst inherited the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg (1672), he made ...
Gotha, 1 October 1680 – d. Strelitz, 9 July 1704), married on 20 June 1702 to Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. In Ansbach on 14 August 1681, Frederick married secondly Christine of Baden-Durlach. There were no children from this second marriage. Frederick died in Friedrichswerth, aged 45.
When the last duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg died without issue in 1825, the other branches of the house decided on a rearrangement of the Ernestine duchies. On 12 November 1826, Frederick became Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, to which he gave a first Basic Law in the year 1831; in exchange, he ceded Saxe-Hildburghausen to the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.
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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 ...
It takes until 1735 to fully iron out all its complications and disputes, with Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Duke Frederick II being the main beneficiary. 1710: The popular but luxuriously-living Duke Henry of Saxe-Römhild dies without an heir, and leaving behind him large debts.
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Biography Son of Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg by Magdalene Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels; married Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (q.v.) on 7 June 1696.