Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha — House of Wettin

Part I — Duchy of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha – House of Wettin

Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha

House of Wettin

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (German: Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) served as the collective name of two duchies, Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha, in Germany. They were located in what today are the states of Bavaria and Thuringia, respectively, and the two were in personal union between 1826 and 1918. The Duchy came to an end in 1918 with the other German monarchies, and the Free State of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was established. This was merged into the new state of Thuringia two years later.

The name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha also may refer to the family of the ruling House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which played many varied roles in nineteenth and twentieth-century European dynastic and political history, branches of which currently reign in Belgium and the Commonwealth realms.

The History of the Duchy

The two duchies, Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha, were among the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty. The duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha originated as the personal union of these two duchies in 1826, after the death of the last Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, who died without male heirs. His Wettin relations repartitioned his lands. The former husband of Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, the only niece of the last duke, was Duke Ernest III of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. He received Gotha and changed his name and title to Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha although, technically, the two duchies remained as separate duchies.

Ernst I died in 1844. His elder son and successor, Ernest II, ruled until his own death in 1893. As he died childless, the throne of the duchies would have passed to the male descendants of Ernst’s late brother Albert, the Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, the constitutions of both duchies excluded the British heir apparent from the ducal thrones if there were other eligible male heirs, although Albert Edward, Prince of Wales had already renounced his claim to the ducal throne in favour of his next brother, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh.

Alfred’s only son, also named Alfred, committed suicide in 1899, so when Duke Alfred died in 1900, he was succeeded by his nephew the Duke of Albany, the sixteen-year-old son of Queen Victoria’s youngest son, Leopold. Alfred’s next brother Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and his son Prince Arthur of Connaught having renounced the succession. Reigning as Duke Carl Eduard, or Charles Edward, under the regency of the Hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg until he came of age in 1905, the new duke also continued to use his British title, Duke of Albany.

As a result of Charles Edward fighting for Germany against the British in the First World War, he was stripped of his British titles in 1919. Charles Edward reigned until November 18, 1918 during the German Revolution, when the Workers’ and Soldiers’ Council of Gotha deposed him. The two Duchies, now without a common ruler, became separate states until shortly thereafter, when they ceased to exist. Saxe-Coburg became a part of Bavaria and Saxe-Gotha merged with other small states in 1920 to form the new state of Thuringia in the Weimar Republic.

Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

The capitals of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha were Coburg and Gotha. By 1914 the area and populations of the two duchies were:

Duchy Area Population km² sq mi Saxe-Coburg 562 217 74,818 Saxe-Gotha 1,415 546 182,359 Total 1,977 763 257,177 Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was the only European country to appoint a diplomatic consul to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. This consul, Ernst Raven, was assigned to a position in the state of Texas. Raven applied to the Confederate Government for a diplomatic exequatur on July 30, 1861 and was accepted.

Titles of The Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha

According to the House law of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha the full Title and Style of the Duke was as follows: Wir, Ernst, Herzog zu Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Jülich, Cleve und Berg, auch Engern und Westphalen, Landgraf in Thüringen, Markgraf zu Meißen, gefürsteter Graf zu Henneberg, Graf zu der Mark und Ravensberg, Herr zu Ravenstein und Tonna usw. Translation: We, Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Jülich, Cleves and Berg, also Angria and Westphalia, Landgrave in Thuringia, Margrave of Meissen, Princely Count of Henneberg, Count of the Mark and Ravensberg, Lord of Ravenstein and Tonna, etc.

The Full Titles of the Duke

Duke of Saxe-Coburg und Gotha, Duke of Jülich, Duke of Kleve, Duke of Berg, Duke of Engern, Duke of Westphalia, Duke of Saxony, Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia, Prince of Lichtenberg, Princely Count of Henneberg, Palatine of Saxony, Palatine of Thuringia, Count of Römhild, Count of Landsberg, Count of Brehna, Count of Orlamünde, Count of Altenburg, Count of Eisenberg, Count of Mark, Count of Ravensberg, Lord Pleissen, Lord of Ravenstein, Lord of Tonna.

The History of the House of Wettin

The House of Wettin is a dynasty of German counts, dukes, prince-electors (Kurfürsten) and kings that once ruled the area of today’s German states of Saxony, the Saxon part of Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia for more than 800 years as well as holding at times the kingship of Poland. Agnates of the House of Wettin have, at various times, ascended the thrones of Great Britain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Poland, Saxony, and Belgium; of these, only the British and Belgian lines retain their thrones today. The oldest member of the House of Wettin who is known for certain was Thiedericus (died 982), who was probably based in the Liesgau (located at the western edge of the Harz). Around 1000, as part of the German conquest of Slavic territory, the family acquired Wettin Castle, after which they named themselves.

Wettin Castle is located in Wettin in the Hosgau on the Saale River. Around 1030, the Wettin family received the Eastern March as a fief. The prominence of the Wettin family in the Slavic marches caused Emperor Henry IV to invest them with the March of Meissen as a fief in 1089. The family advanced over the course of the Middle Ages: in 1263 they inherited the landgraviate of Thuringia (though without Hesse), and in 1423 they were invested with the Duchy of Saxony, centred at Wittenberg, thus becoming one of the prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire.

The family divided into two ruling branches in 1485 when the sons of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony divided the territories hitherto ruled jointly. The elder son Ernest, who had succeeded his father as Prince-elector, received the territories assigned to the Elector (Electoral Saxony) and Thuringia, while his younger brother Albert obtained the March of Meissen, which he ruled from Dresden. As Albert ruled under the title of “Duke of Saxony”, his possessions were also known as Ducal Saxony.

The older, Ernestine branch remained predominant until 1547 and played an important role in the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation. Their predominance ended in the Schmalkaldic War, which pitted the Protestant Schmalkaldic League against Emperor Charles V. Although itself Protestant, the Albertine branch rallied to the Empire’s cause; Charles V rewarded them by forcing the Ernestines to sign away their rights to the Electoral title and lands to the Albertines.

The Ernestine line was thereafter restricted to Thuringia, and its dynastic unity swiftly crumbled. The Albertine Wettin maintained most of the territorial integrity of Saxony, preserving it as a significant power in the region, and using small appanage fiefs for their cadet branches, few of which survived for significant lengths of time. The Ernestine Wettin, on the other hand, repeatedly subdivided their territory, creating an intricate patchwork of small duchies and counties in Thuringia.

The junior Albertine branch ruled as Electors (1547-1806) and Kings of Saxony (1806-1918) and also played a role in Polish history: two Wettin were Kings of Poland (between 1697-1763) and a third ruled the Duchy of Warsaw (1807-1814) as a satellite of Napoleon. After the Napoleonic Wars, the Albertine branch lost about 40% of its lands, including the old Electoral Saxony, to Prussia, restricting it to a territory coextensive with the modern Saxony.

H.R.H. Prince Albert – Prince Consort of Great Britain

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel; later The Prince Consort; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland. He was born in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. At the age of 20 he married his first cousin, Queen Victoria, with whom he would ultimately have nine children. At first, Albert felt constrained by his position as consort, which did not confer any power or duties upon him. Over time he adopted many public causes, such as educational reform and a worldwide abolition of slavery, and took on the responsibilities of running the Queen’s household, estates and office.

He was heavily involved with the organisation of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Albert aided in the development of Britain’s constitutional monarchy by persuading his wife to show less partisanship in her dealings with Parliament-although he actively disagreed with the interventionist foreign policy pursued during Lord Palmerston’s tenure as Foreign Secretary. He died at the early age of 42, plunging the Queen into a deep mourning that lasted for the rest of her life. Upon Queen Victoria’s death in 1901, their eldest son, Edward VII, succeeded as the first British monarch of the House of Wettin (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha), named after the ducal house to which Albert belonged.

Dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – 1826-1918

• Ernst I 1826-1844
• Ernst II 1844-1893
• Alfred 1893-1900
• Carl Eduard 1900-1918

Heads of the House since – 1918

• Carl Eduard 1918-1954
• Prince Friedrich Josias 1954-1998
• Prince Andreas 1998-present

The Family Titles and Styles

The members of this family bear the titles Prince or Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke or Duchess of Saxony together with the formal appellation of His or Her Highness.

The Genealogy of the Ducal House

FRANZ Friedrich Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 8 Sep 1800 (Coburg 15 Jul 1750-Coburg 9 Dec 1806); m.1st Hildburghausen 6 Mar 1776 Sophie Pss of Saxe-Hildburghausen (Hildburghausen 22 Feb 1760-Coburg 28 Oct 1776); m.2d Ebersdorf 13 Jun 1777 Auguste Gfn Reuss zu Ebersdorf (Ebersdorf 9 Jan 1757-Coburg 16 Nov 1831)

1a) Sophie Friederike Karoline Luise (Coburg 19 Aug 1778-Tuschmitz, Bohemia 8/9 Jul 1835); m.

Coburg 23 Feb 1804 Emanuel Gf von Mensdorff-Pouilly (Nancy 24 Jan 1777-Vienna 28 Jun 1852)

2a) Antoinette Ernestine Amalie (Coburg 28 Aug 1779-St. Petersburg 14 Mar 1824); m. Coburg 17 Nov 1798 Alexander, Duke of Württemberg (Mömpelgard 24 Apr 1771-Gotha 4 Jul 1833)

3a) Juliane Henriette Ulrike, took the name Anna Feodorovna (Coburg 23 Sep 1781-Elfenau 15 Aug 1860); m. St. Petersburg 26 Feb 1796 (div 1820) Constantine, Grand Duke of Russia (Tsarskoie Selo 8 May 1779-Vitebsk 27 Jun 1831)

4a) ERNST I Anton Karl Ludwig, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, became Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha after the redistribution of the family territories in 1826 (Coburg 2 Jan 1784-Gotha 29 Jan 1844); m.1st Gotha 31 Jul 1817 (div 1826) Luise Pss of Saxe-Gotha (Gotha 21 Dec 1800-Paris 30 Aug 1831); m.2d Coburg 23 Dec 1832 his niece, Marie, Dss of Württemberg (Coburg 17 Sep 1799-Gotha 24 Sep 1860)

• 1b) ERNST II August Karl Johannes Leopold Alexander Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
• (Coburg 21 Jun 1818-Reinhardsbrunn 22 Aug 1893); m. Karlsruhe 3 May 1842

Alexandrine Pss of Baden (Karlsruhe 6 Dec 1820-Schloß Callenberg 20 Dec 1904)

• 1c) [by Fräulein Steinpflug] Helene von Sternheim (Frauenstein 23 Nov 1839-Coburg 31 Dec 1900); m.1st
• Coburg 18 May 1858 Johann Wolfgang Eduard v. Reutter (Berlin 19 Feb 1826-Saarbrücken 11 Oct 1870); m.2nd

Coburg 12 Feb 1874 Kurt Frhr v.der Trenck gt. v. Königsegg (29 Apr 1832-Hildburghausen 10 Dec 1882)

• 2c) [by Victorine Noel, stage name Rosine Stoltz, cr 1871 Gfn v. Ketschendorf (Paris 13 Jan
• 1815-30 Jul 1903)] Karl Raymond cr 1865 Frhr von Stolzenau, cr 1868 Frhr Stolzenau v.

Ketschendorf (Paris 21 Jun 1848-Paris 8 Aug 1900); m. Köln 1872 Agathe v. Rekowski

• 1d) Ernst Carl Wilhelm Josef Hubert Frhr v. Ketschendorf, took surname Kerry (b. Coburg 3 May
• 1873, acc to one source he died in Boer War, but other sources imply he survived, and

d.in England 25 Feb 1952); ?m. London 1898 Hannah Jane Lundie (d.1 Feb 1951)

• 1e) Marguerite (1901- ); m.1924 Emanuele Cte Conti
• 2d) Arcadius Carl Berthold Frhr v. Ketschendorf, took surname
• Kerry (Coburg 26 Sep 1874- ); m. Alice Maud Morgan

• 2b) Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel, “Royal Highness” 6 Feb 1840, cr Pr Consort of Great
• Britain and Ireland 26 Jun 1857 (Schloß Rosenau 26 Aug 1819-Windsor Castle 14 Dec 1861); m.
• St. James’s Palace 10 Feb 1840 Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland (Kensington Palace
• 24 May 1819-Osborne House 22 Jan 1901); he had nine children, for whom see Great
• Britain; only those who succeeded to the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha are dealt with here

1c) ALFRED Ernest Albert Pr of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Edinburgh, etc, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 22 Aug 1893 (Windsor Castle 6 Aug 1844-Schloß Rosenau 30 Jul 1900); m. St. Petersburg 23 Jan 1874 Marie, Grand Dss of Russia (Tsarskoie Selo 17 Oct 1853-Zürich 25 Oct 1920)

1d) Alfred Alexander Wilhelm Ernst Albert (Buckingham

Palace 15 Oct 1874-Meran 6 Feb 1899)

2d) Marie Alexandra Victoria (Eastwell Park 29 Oct 1875-Sinaia 10 Jul 1938); m. Sigmaringen 10 Jan 1893 King Ferdinand of Romania (Sigmaringen 24 Aug 1865-Sinaia 20 Jul 1927)

3d) Victoria Melita (Malta 25 Nov 1876-Amorbach 2 Mar 1936); m.1st Coburg 19 Apr 1894 (div 1901) Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine (Darmstadt 25 Nov 1868-Schloß Wolfsgarten 9 Oct 1937); m.2d Tegernsee 8 Oct 1905 Kirill, Grand Duke of Russia (Tsarskoie Selo 12 Oct 1876-Neuilly-sur-Seine 13 Oct 1938)

4d) Alexandra Louise Olga Victoria (Coburg 1 Sep 1878-Schwäbisch-Hall 16 Apr 1942); m. Coburg 20 Apr 1896 Ernst Fst zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (Langenburg 13 Sep 1863-Langenburg 11 Dec 1950)

5d) Beatrice Leopoldine Victoria (Eastwell Park 20 Apr 1884-Sanlucar de Barrameda 13 Jul 1966); m. Coburg 15 Jul 1909 Alfonso, Infant of Spain, Duque de Galliera (Madrid 12 Nov 1886-Sanlucar de Barrameda 10 Aug 1975)

2c) Leopold, Duke of Albany, 7 April 1853 – 28 March 1884; m. Helene Pss zu Waldeck u. Pyrmont (1861-1922); for more details see Great Britain.

• 1d) Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (Alice Mary Victoria Augusta
• Pauline; née Princess Alice of Albany; 25 February 1883 – 3 January 1981)
• m. 10 February 1904, at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, her second cousin
• once-removed, Prince Alexander of Teck (Earl of Athlone): 14 April
• 1874 – 16 January 1957.
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Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha

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2d) Leopold Charles Edward George Albert Pr of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Albany, etc, succeeded as CARL EDUARD, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 30 Jul 1900; he and his family were stripped of their British titles 1919 (Claremont House 19 Jul 1884-Coburg 6 Mar 1954); m. Coburg 11 Oct 1905 Viktoria Adelheid Pss of Schleswig-Holstein (Grünholz 31 Dec 1885-Coburg 5 Oct 1970)

1e) JOHANN LEOPOLD Wilhelm Albert Ferdinand, Hereditary Pr of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Schloß Callenberg 2 Aug 1906-Grein, Austria 4 May 1972); m.1st (morganatically) Dresden 14 Mar 1932 (div 1962) Feodore Frn von der Horst (Wolka 7 Jul 1905-Schrobenhausen 23 Oct 1991); m.2d (morganatically) Bad Reichenhall 5 May 1963 Maria Theresia Reindl (Bad Reichenhall 13 Mar 1908-Grein, Austria 7 Apr 1996) 1f) Caroline Mathilde Adelheid Sibylla Marianne Erika (b. Hirschberg 5 Apr 1933); m. Mühlacker 5 Dec 1953 Michael Nielsen (Frankfurt-am-Main 12 Aug 1923-Vienna 20 Sep 1975)

2f) Ernst-Leopold Eduard Wilhelm Josias (Hirschberg 14 Jan 1935-committed suicide at Bad Wiessee 27 June 1996); m.1st Herrenberg (civ) 3 Feb (rel) 4 Feb 1961 (div 1963) Ingeborg Henig (b. Nordhausen, Harz 16 Aug 1937); m.2d Regensburg 29 May 1963 (div 1985) Gertraude Monika Pfeiffer (b. Ströblitz 1 Jul 1938); m.3d 20 Jan 1986 Sabine Henning (Königsberg 25 Jun 1941-committed suicide at Bad Wiessee 27 June 1996)

1g) Hubertus Richard Ernst Leopold (b. Herrenberg 8 Dec 1961); m. Garmisch-Partenkirchen 9 Mar 1993 Barbara Weißmann (b. Kaiserslautern 21 May 1959)

1h) Sebastian Hubertus (b. Kaiserslautern 16 Jan 1994)

2g) Viktoria Feodora Monika (b. Regensburg 7 Sep 1963); m.1st (civ) Rheda-Weidenbrück 28 Nov 1986 (div 1999) Peter Schmidt , who has taken the surname “Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg u. Gotha” (b. Bingen-Büdesheim 15 Jun 1954); m.2d (civ) 24 Dec 1999 (rel) Visselhövede 29 Apr 2000 Gerd Armbrust (b. Visselhövede 16 Dec 1954) 3g) Ernst-Josias Carl Eduard Hermann Leopold (Landshut 13 May 1965-4 Sep 2009); m.(civ) Munich 5 Jul 1996 (rel) Eurasburg 13 Jul 1996 Birgit Meissner (b. Munich 22 Feb 1965) 1h) Sophie Alexandra Maria Katharina (b. Munich 22 Aug 2000) 4g) Carl-Eduard Wilhelm Josias (b. Regensburg 7 Jul 1966); m.(civ) Carloforte, Italy 31 Jul 1998 (rel) Munich 25 Sep 1998 Miriam Stephanie Kolo (b. Munich 7 Feb 1968) 1h) Emilia Lucia Josefina (b. Munich 24 Mar 1999) 2h) Johanna Carlotta Sophia (b.16 Aug 2004) 5g) Friedrich Ferdinand-Christian Georg Ernst Albert (b. Regensburg 13 Dec 1968); m. Garmisch 14 May 1999 Erika Ostheimer (b. Garmisch-Partenkirchen 5 Apr 1956) 1h) Nicolaus Ferdinand-Christian Ernst Albert-Lothar Prüssing (b. Garmisch-Partenkirchen 12 Oct 1987) 6g) Alice-Sibylla Calma Beatrice (b. Regensburg 6 Aug 1974); m. Garmisch-Partenkirchen 8 Jul 2001 (rel) 9 Jul 2001 Gerold Hans Carl Franz Reiser (b. Munich 12 Dec 1956) 3f) Peter Albert Friedrich Josias (b. Dresden 12 Jun 1939); m. Tegernsee (civ) 11 May 1964 (rel) 12 May 1964 Roswitha HenrietteBreuer (b. Wolnzach 1 Sep 1945) 1g) Peter Karl Eduard Alexander (b. Munich 4 Oct 1964); m.1st (civ) Kiel 29 Jun 1991 (rel) Kosel, Schwansen 30 Jun 1991 Kathrin Kempin (b. Oldenburg 13 Sep 1962); m.2nd Hamburg-Altona 14 Jun 2002 Johanna Thompson (b.27 Jul 1977) 1h) Malte Alexander Maximilian (b. Kiel 20 Dec 1990) 2g) Malte Georg Albert (b. Ingolstadt 6 Oct 1966); m.(civ) Hannover 11 Jul 1997 (rel) Louisenlund 19 Jul 1997 Nicola von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (b. Hannover 26 Nov 1967)

2e) Sibylle Calma Marie Alice Bathildis Feodora (Schloß Friedenstein 18 Jan 1907-Stockholm 28 Nov 1972); m. Coburg 20 Oct 1932 Gustaf Adolf Pr of Sweden (Stockholm 22 Apr 1906-k.in plane accident at Kastrup, Denmark 26 Jan 1947)

3e) Dietmar Hubertus Friedrich Wilhelm Philipp (Schloß Reinhardsbrunn 24 Aug 1909-k.a.nr Mosty, Romania 26 Nov 1943)

4e) Caroline Mathilde Helene Ludwiga Auguste Beatrice (Schloß Callenberg 22 Jun 1912-Erlangen 5 Sep 1983); m.1st Coburg 14 Dec 1931 (div 1938) Friedrich-Wolfgang Gf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (Berlin 27 Jun 1906-k.a.over Portland, Dorset 11 Jun 1940); m.2d Berlin 22 Jun 1938 Max Schnirring (Stuttgart-Untertürkheim 20 May 1895-k.in air crash at Stralsund 7 Jul 1944); m.3d Coburg 21 Dec 1948 (div 1949) Karl Otto Andrée (Düsseldorf 10 Feb 1912-Mönchengladbach 16 Nov 1984) 1f) Calma Barbara Schnirring, b. Valparaiso, Chile 18 Nov 1938; m.1st Fremont, Ohio 5 Jul 1961 (div 1973) Richard Darrell Berger (b. Fremont, Ohio 16 Feb 1941); m.2d Lincolnton, North Carolina 15 May 1976 James Cook (b. Robinsville, North Carolina 5 Aug 1940) 1g) Sascha Nikolaus Hubertus Berger, b. Munich 22 Sep 1960; m.1st Columbia, South Carolina 28 Aug 1979 (div 1982) Gina Nanette Goodwin; m.2d Houston 19 Nov 1982 (div 1994) Bonita Isabelle Oden (b. Shreveport, Louisiana 9 Feb 1952); m.3d Fuquay Varina, North Carolina 23 Jan 1996 Belinda Ellene Oden (b. Shreveport 19 Apr 1955) 1h) Tristan Lee Berger, b. Houston 20 Nov 1984 2h) Nicole Calma Berger, b. Houston 20 Nov 1984 2g) Richard Darrel Berger, b. Fremont, Ohio 3 Jul 1962; m.1st Tacoma 9 Aug 1982 (div 1988) Gypsy Dianna Wheeler (b. High Point North Carolina 1 Jun 1956); m.2d Manassas VA 9 Jul 1990 Ronda Rae Ross (b. LaCrosse, Wisconsin 27 Dec 1961) 1h) Richard Jonathan Ross Berger, b. Honolulu 31 Aug 1984 2h) Rachel Kathryn Fay Berger, b. Indianapolis 2 Jan 2000 3h) Riley Emily Erin Berger, b. Indianapolis 25 Jul 2001 3g) Victor Dean Berger, b. Groton, Mass 28 Sep 1964; m.1st Columbia SC 15 Aug 1986 (div 1997) Sylvia Diane McKinney (b. Columbia SC 16 Apr 1955); m.2d Knoxville, Tennessee 23 Mar 2001 Brenda Diane Russell (b. Knoxville 1 Feb 1964) 1h) Mary Katherine Berger, b. Columbia, South Carolina 11 Jun 1985 4g) Samuel Clinton Berger, b. Fort Knox, Kentucky 28 May 1965 5g) Wesley Berger, b. Fort Hood, Texas 11 Oct 1967; m. Reno, Nevada 14 Feb 1994 Kristine Alicia Okamoto (b. Portland, Oregon 2 Mar 1968) 1h) Maximilian Elias Berger, b. Portland, Oregon 22 Aug 2001 6g) David Charles Berger; he took his stepfather’s surname “Cook” 1988; b. Fort Hood 25 Sep 1968; m. Irmo, South Carolina 29 Sep 1990 Constance Mueller (b. Green Bay, Wisconsin 3 Nov 1967) 2f) Dagmar Schnirring, b. Grosswusterwitz 22 Nov 1940; m.1st Munich 26 Feb 1964 (div 1989) Heinrich Walz (b. Forchheim 29 Jul 1937); m.2d Schesslitz 14 Jul 1995 Eberhard Erwin Schäl (b. Heidenheim an der Brenz 15 Nov 1945) 1g) Maria-Valeska Walz, b. Munich 14 Aug 1965 2g) Larissa Walz, b. Bamberg 16 Sep 1967; m.1st Patras, Greece 23 Jul 1991 (div 1995) Takis Panajotakulos; m.2d Patras 27 Sep 1997 George Evagellatos (b. Patras 21 Mar 1968) 1h) Alexandria Evagellatos (Patras 14 Jul 1999-Patras 15 Oct 1999) 2h) Amelia Sophia Evagellatos, b. Patras 4 Mar 2002 3f) Peter Michael Schnirring (Grosswusterwitz 4 Jan 1943- Munich, 10 Feb 1966)

5e) FRIEDRICH JOSIAS Carl Eduard Kyrill Harald (Schloß Callenberg 29 Nov 1918-Grein 23 Jan 1998); m.1st Casel 25 Jan 1942 (div 1946) Viktoria Luise Gfn zu Solms-Baruth (Casel 13 Mar 1921-Louisiana 1 Mar 2003); m.2d San Francisco 14 Feb 1948 (div 1964) Denyse Henriette de Muralt (Basel 14 Dec 1923-Möhlin, Switzerland 25 Apr 2005); m.3d (morganatically) Hamburg 30 Oct 1964 Katrin Bremme (Berlin 22 Apr 1940-Grein 13 Jul 2011)

1f) ANDREAS Michael Arnim Siegfried Friedrich Hans Hubertus (b. Casel 21 Mar 1943); m. Hamburg (civ) 18 Jun 1971 (rel) 31 Jul 1971 Carin Dabelstein (b. Hamburg 16 Jul 1946)

1g) Stephanie Sibylla (b. Hamburg 31 Jan 1972)

2g) Hubertus Michael (b. Hamburg 16 Sep 1975); m. Schloß Callenberg 21 May 2009 (rel) Coburg 23 May 2009 Kelly Rondestvedt (b. Pensacola 10 Jan 1975)

3g) Alexander Philipp (b. Coburg 4 May 1977)

2f) Maria Claudia Sibylla (b. San Francisco 22 May 1949); m. Bern 17 Mar 1971 (div 1998) Gion Schäfer (b. Coire, Switzerland 20 Jul 1945) 3f) Beatrice Charlotte (b. Bern 15 Jul 1951); m. Coburg (civ) 11 Jun (rel) 12 Jun 1977 Friedrich Pr of Saxe-Meiningen (Meiningen 21 Jan 1935-13 Jul 2004) 4f) Adrian Vinzenz Eduard (b. Coburg 18 Oct 1955); m.1st (morganatically) Bern (civ) 18 Oct (rel) 20 Oct 1984 (div 1993) Lea Rinderknecht (b. Zürich 5 Jan 1960); m.2d (morganatically) Bern 11 Jul 1997 Gertrud Krieg (b. Olten, Solothurn 18 Mar 1958) 1g) Simon (b. Bern 10 Mar 1985) 2g) Daniel (b. Bern 26 Jan 1988) 3b) [by Sophie Fermepin de Marteaux (1799-1885)] Berta Ernestine von Schauenstein (1817-1896); m.1835 Eduard Schmidt-Löwe “von Löwenfels” (1808-1892), who was illegitimate son of Pss Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d.1860; below) by Jules de Seigneux 4b) [by Margaretha Braun] Ernst 5b) [by Margaretha Braun] Robert Ferdinand, cr 1856 Frhr von Bruneck

Albert Bruno von Bruneck

5a) Ferdinand Georg August (Coburg 28 Mar 1785-Vienna 27 Aug 1851); m. Vienna 30 Nov 1815 Antonie Pss von Kohary (Ofen 2 Jul 1797-Vienna 25 Sep 1862)

1b) Ferdinand August Franz Anton (1816-1885); m.1st Queen Maria II of Portugal; for further details of them and their issue, see Portugal; m.2d Lisbon 10 Jun 1869 Elise Friederike Hensler, cr Gfn v. Edla 1869 (Vienna 22 May 1836-Lisbon 21 May 1929)

2b) August Ludwig Viktor (Vienna 13 Jun 1818-Schloß Ebenthal 26 Jul 1881); m. St. Cloud 20 Apr 1843 Pss Clémentine d’Orléans (Neuilly-sur-Seine 3 Jun 1817-Vienna 16 Feb 1907)

1c) Ferdinand Philipp Maria August Raphael (Paris 28 Mar 1844-Coburg 3 Jul 1921); m. Brussels 4 Feb 1875 Louise Pss of Belgium (Brussels 18 Feb 1858-Wiesbaden 1 Mar 1924)

1d) Leopold Clemens Philipp August Maria (Szent-Antal, Hungary 19 Jul 1878-Vienna 27 Apr 1916) 2c) Ludwig August Maria Eudes (Château d’Eu 9 Aug 1845-Karlsbad 14 Sep 1907); m. Rio de Janeiro 15 Dec 1864 Leopoldina Pss of Brazil (Rio de Janeiro 13 Jul 1847-Vienna 7 Feb 1871)

2d) Dorothea Maria Henriette Auguste Louise (Vienna 30 Apr 1881-Taxis, Württemberg 21 Jan 1967); m. Coburg 2 Aug 1898 Ernst Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (Dolzig 11 Aug 1863-Primkenau 22 Feb 1921)

1d) Peter August Ludwig Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga (Rio de Janeiro 19 Mar 1866-Vienna 6 Jul 1934)

2d) August Leopold Philipp Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga (Rio de Janeiro 6 Dec 1867-Schladming 11 Oct 1922); m. Vienna 30 May 1894 Karoline, Archdss of Austria (Alt-Münster 5 Sep 1869-Budapest 12 May 1945)

1e) August Clemens Karl Joseph Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga (Pola 27 Oct 1895-Gerasdorf 22 Sep 1909) 2e) Klementine Maria Teresa Josepha Leopoldine Viktoria Raphaele Gabriele Gonzaga (Pola 23 Mar 1897-Lausanne 7 Jan 1975); m.(civ) Zürich 10 Nov 1925 (rel) Coburg 17 Nov 1925 Eduard von Heller (Cairo 21 Mar 1877-Bougy St. Martin, Switzerland 6 Dec 1970) 3e) Maria Karoline Philomena Ignatia Pauline Josepha Michaela Gabriela Raphaela Gonzaga (Pola 10 Jan 1899-Schladming 6 Jun 1941)

4e) Rainer Maria Joseph Florian Ignatius Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga (Pola 4 May 1900-d.ca 7 Jan 1945; believed to have been k.a.at Budapest); m.1st Munich 15 Dec 1930 (div 1935) Johanna Károlyi de Károly-Patty (Salzburg 17 Sep 1906-Innsbruck 17 Nov 1992); m.2d Budapest 13 Feb 1940 Edith de Kózol (Budapest 31 May 1913-Munich 14 Aug 1997)

1f) Johannes Heinrich Friedrich Werner Konrad Rainer Maria (Innsbruck 28 Mar 1931-14 Apr 2010); m.1st Munich 24 Oct 1957 (div 1968) Marie-Gabrielle Frn von Fürstenberg (Tinz bei Breslau 22 Jun 1921-Salzburg 5 Oct 2007); m.2d (civ) Munich 15 Oct 1968 (rel) Kloster Andechs 12 Nov 1968 (div 1993) Mathilde Pss of Saxony (b. Bamberg 17 Jan 1936)

1g) Felicitas Franziska Johanna Maria Gabriela Elisabeth Pauline Helene Stephanie Leopoldine Alexandra Sophie Mathilde Josepha Anna Karoline Immaculata Emanuela (b. Sorengo 6 Apr 1958); m. Munich 15 Nov 1987 Sergei Trotzky (b. Salzburg 22 Jun 1948)

2g) Johannes Albert Leopold Friedrich Christian (Innsbruck 17 Nov 1969-k.accidently am Ortler 21 Aug 1987)

5e) Philipp Josias Maria Joseph Ignatius Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga (Walterskirchen 18 Aug 1901-Vienna 18 Oct 1985); m.(morganatically) Budapest 23 Apr 1944 Sarah Aurelia Hálasz (Orsova 8 Feb 1914-Vienna 31 Dec 1994)

1f) Philipp August Ferdinand (b. Budapest 3 Jan 1944); m.1st Innsbruck 23 Sep 1968 Bettina von Pfretschner (Vienna 11 Feb 1944-Vienna 30 Jan 1989); m.2d 1 Mar 1991 Rosemarie Jäger (b. Salzburg 22 Oct 1952) 1g) Isabella (b. Vienna 12 Apr 1969); 2g) Maximilian 3g) Alexander Ernst 4g) Christina Janine Roseanne (b. Salzburg 30 Sep 1995)

m. Sep 1999 Michael Treimer(b. Vienna 20 Jul 1972)(b. Vienna 30 Jun 1978)

6e) Theresia Christiane Maria Josepha Ignatia Benizia Michaela Gabriele Raphaele Gonzaga (Walterskirchen 23 Aug 1902-Villach 24 Jan 1990); m. Salzburg 6 Oct 1930 Lamoral Frhr Taxis di Bordogna e Valnigra (Unter-Mais bei Meran 7 Dec 1900-Trient 28 Jan 1966)

7e) Leopoldine Blanka Maria Josepha Ignatia Pankrazia Michaela Gabriele Raphaele Gonzaga (Schloß Gerasdorf 13 May 1905-Hungary 24 Dec 1978)

8e) Ernst Franz Maria Joseph Ignatius Thaddeus Felix Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga (Gerasdorf 25 Feb 1907-Gröbming, Styria 9 Jun 1978); m. Dürnkrut, Ebenthal 4 Sep 1939 Irmgard Röll (Aue, Saxony 22 Jan 1912-Rottenmann 1 Jan 1976) 3d) Joseph Ferdinand Maria Michael Gabriel (Petrópolis 21 May 1869-Vienna 13 Aug 1888)

4d) Ludwig Gaston Klemens Maria (Ebenthal 15 Sep 1870-Innsbruck 23 Jan 1942); m.1st Munich 1 May 1900 Mathilde Pss of Bavaria (Villa Amsee 17 Aug 1877-Davos 6 Aug 1906); m.2d Bischofteinitz 30 Nov 1907 Anna Gfn von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (Ober-Waltersdorf 27 May 1873-Coburg 24 Jul 1948)

1e) Antonius Maria Ludwig Klemens Eugen Karl Heinrich August Luitpold Leopold Franz Wolfgang Peter Gaston Alexander Alfons Ignatius Aloysius Stanislaus (Innsbruck 17 Jun 1901-Haar 1 Sep 1970); m. Steyr, Austria 14 May 1938 Luise Mayrhofer (Graz 22 Jun 1903-Steyr 21 Oct 1974)

2e) Maria Immaculata Leopoldine Franziska Theresia Ildefonsa Adelgunde Klementine Hildegard Anna Josepha Elisabeth Sancta-Angelica Nicoletta (Innsbruck 10 Sep 1904-Varese, Italy 18 Mar 1940)

3e) Josefine Maria Anna Leopoldine Amalie Klementine Ludovica Theresia Gabriela Gonzaga (Schloß Vogelsang 20 Sep 1911-Stockdorf 27 Nov 1997); m. Kitzbühel, Tyrol 12 May 1937 (div 1945) Richard Frhr von Baratta-Dragono (Budischau, Moravia 28 Nov 1901-Vienna 14 Dec 1998)

3c) Marie Adelheid Amalie Clotilde (Neuilly 8 Jul 1846-Alcsút, Hungary 3 Jun 1927); m. Coburg 12 May 1864 Joseph, Archduke of Austria (Preßburg 2 Mar 1833-Fiume 13 Jun 1905)

4c) Marie Luise Franziska Amalie (Coburg 23 Oct 1848-Schloß Biederstein 6 May 1894); m. Ebenthal 20 Sep 1875 Maximilian Emanuel Duke in Bavaria (Munich 7 Dec 1849-Feldafing 12 Jun 1893)

5c) Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria (1861-1948), King of the Bulgarians -1887-1918.

3b) Viktoria Franziska Antonia Juliane Luise (Vienna 14 Feb 1822-Claremont House 10 Nov 1857); m. St. Cloud 26 Apr 1840 Pr Louis d’Orléans Duc de Nemours (Paris 25 Oct 1814-Versailles 26 Jun 1896)

4b) Leopold Franz Julius (Vienna 31 Jan 1824-Vienna 20 May 1884); m.(morganatically) Vienna 23 Apr 1861 Constanze Geiger, cr Frfrau von Ruttenstein 24 Jul 1862 (Vienna 16 Oct 1835-Dieppe 24 Aug 1890)

1c) Franz Frhr v. Ruttenstein (Vienna 12

Oct 1860-Friedrichsroda 29 Aug 1899)

6a) Marie Luise Viktoria (Coburg 17 Aug 1786-Frogmore House 16 Mar 1861); m.1st Coburg 21 Dec 1803 Carl Fst zu Leiningen (Dürckheim 27 Sep 1763-Amorbach 4 Jul 1814); m.2d Coburg 29 May 1818 and Kew Palace 11 Jul 1818 Edward Pr of Great Britain, Ireland and Hannover, Duke of Kent, etc (Buckingham House 2 Nov 1767-Sidmouth 23 Jan 1820)

7a) Marianne Charlotte (Coburg 7

Aug 1788-Coburg 23 Aug 1794)

8a) Leopold Georg Christian Friedrich (1790-1865), who became King of the Belgians.

9a) Franz Maximilian Ludwig (Coburg

12 Dec 1792-Coburg 3 Jan 1793).