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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 ...
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- July 15, 1646
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.
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Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg remained one of the mightiest Ernestine duchies under the rule of Duke Frederick III from 1732. He had the palaces and gardens in Gotha rebuilt in a lavish Baroque style and supported the religious refugees of the Moravian Church in Neudietendorf. His sister Augusta married Prince Frederick of Wales in 1736, their first ...
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Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, b.15 JUL 1646, Gotha, Thuringen, Germany, son of Ernst Herzog of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg + Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg; + Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels, b.2 SEP 1648, Sachsen, Germany
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.
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.