Ernst Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Ernst Leopold Eduard Wilhelm Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Son of Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1906-1972) by his morganatic first wife Feodore Freiin von der Horst (1905-1991).

Not in line of succession oft he ducal house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Born: Hirschberg, Silesia 14. Jan 1935

Married:

1. (civ.) Herrenberg, Württemberg 3. Feb and (rel.) ibid. 4. Feb 1961 (div. 1963) Ingeborg Henig (b. Nordhausen, Thuringia 16. Aug 1937), daughter of Richard Henig and Emmy Duckwitz.

2. Regensburg, Bavaria 29. May 1963 (div. 1985) Gertraude Maria Monika Pfeiffer (b. Ströblitz, Saxony 1. Jul 1938), daughter of Hermann Pfeiffer and Gertrud Jardin.

3. Grünwald, Bavaria 20. Jan 1986 Sabine Margarete Biller (Königsberg, Wat Prussia 25. Jun 1941-Kreuth, Bavaria 27. Jun 1996, suicide), daughter of Alfred Biller and Marie Pieper.

Issue of first marriage:

• Hubertus, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1961) m.1993 Barbara Weissmann (1959)

Issue of second marriage::

• Victoria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1963) m. 1986 Peter Schmitt (1954)

• Ernst-Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1965-2009) m. 1996 Birgit Meissner (1965)

• Carl-Eduard, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1966)

• Ferdinand-Christian, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1968)

• Alice-Sibylla, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1974)

No issue of third marriage

Died: Kreuth, Bavaria 27. Jun 1996, committed suicide with his wife

Buried: Waldfriedhof, München

Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997; Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten, Vol XVIII, Starke Verlag 2007