Elise Hensler

Elise Friederike Hensler, created Gräfin von Edla in 1869 by Ernst II Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Daughter of Johann Friedrich Hensler by his wife Louise Hechelbacher

Born: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 22. May 1836

Opera singer

Married: Lisbon 10. Jun 1869 Fernando II King of Portugal (1816-1885), son of Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1785-1851) by his wife Antonia Prinzessin Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya (1797-1862).

No issue

Died: Lisbon 21. May 1929

Buried: Cemeterio dos Prazeres, Lisbon

Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000