Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Ferdinand Philipp Maria August Raphael, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Son of August, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818-1881) by his wife Clémentine, Princess d’Orléans (1817-1907).

Born: Paris 28. Mar 1844

Married: Brussels 4. Feb 1875 (div. 1906) Louise, Princess of Belgium (1858-1924), his second cousin, daughter of Leopold II King oft he Belgians (1836-1909) by his wife Marie Henriette, Archduchess of Austria (1836-1902).

Issue:

• Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1878-1916)

• Dorothea, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1881-1967) m. 1898 Ernst Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1863-1921)

Died: Bürglasschlösschen, Coburg 4. Jul 1921

Buried: St. Augustin, Coburg

Detlev Schwennicke “Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folge” Vol I.1; Vittorio Klostermann, 2005; Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000