Carl Eduard of Saxe-Cobug and Gotha
Born Prince Leopold Charles Edward George Albert of Albany. Succeeded his uncle as Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1900.
Son of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884) and Helene, Princess of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1861-1922)
Born: Claremont House, Surrey 19. Jul 1884, posthumously
Christened: Christ Church, Esher, Surrey 4. Dec 1884
Godparents:
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (his paternal grandmother)
The Prince of Wales (later Edward VII. King of the United Kingdom, his paternal uncle)
Georg Viktor, Sovereign Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont (his maternal grandfather)
Alexis, 4. Fürst zu Bentheim und Steinfurt (his mother’s brother in law)
Helena, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (born Princess oft he United Kingdom, his paternal aunt)
Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne (his paternal aunt)
Friederike, Baroness von PAwel-Rammingen (born Princess of Hanover, his father’s second cousin)
Married: Glücksburg Castle, Holstein 11. Oct 1905 Viktoria Adelheid, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1885-1970), daughter of Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1855-1934) and his wife Karoline Mathilde, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1860-1932).
Issue:
Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1906-1972) m. (morg.) 1932 (div. 1962) Feodore Freiin von der Horst (1905-1991); m. (morg.) 1963 Maria Theresia Reindl (1908-1996)
Sibylla, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1907-1972) m. 1932 Gustaf Adolf, Hereditary Prince of Sweden (1906-1947)
Hubertus, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1909-k.a.1943)
Caroline Mathilde, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1912-1983) m. 1931 (div. 1938) Friedrich-Wolfgang Graf zu Castell-Rüdenhausen (1906-k.a.1940); m. 1938 Max Schnirring (1895-1944); m. 1948 (div. 1949) Karl Otto Andrée (1912-1984)
Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1918-1998) m. 1942 (div. 1946) Viktoria Luise Gräfin zu Solms-Baruth (1921-2003); m. 1948 (div. 1964) Denyse de Muralt (1923-2005); m. (morg.) 1964 Katrin Bremme (1940)
Died: Coburg, Bavaria 6. March 1954 from cancer
Buried: Schloss Callenberg, Coburg
Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997; Alison Weir: “Britain’s Royal Families”, Vintage Books 2008; Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. III/1, 1983, Verlag J. A. Stargaardt