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Ernest I (German: Ernst Anton Karl Ludwig; 2 January 1784 – 29 January 1844) served as the last sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (as Ernest III) from 1806 to 1826 and the first sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1826 to 1844.
Family and children. In Altenburg on 24 October 1636, Ernst married his cousin Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg. As a result of this marriage Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg were unified, when the last duke of the line (Elisabeth's cousin) died childless in 1672. Ernst and Elisabeth Sophie had eighteen children:
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1784-1844), was the eldest son of Franz, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, whom he succeeded in 1806. He succeeded to the Duchy of Gotha in 1826, after his brother-in-law’s death, through his marriage to Louise Saxe-Gotha. They separated in 1824 and divorced in 1826.
He married twice: (1) in 1817, Louise of Saxe-Gotha, whom he divorced in 1826; (2) in 1832, Mary of Württemberg. Of his sons, Ernest (b. 1818) succeeded him, and Albert (b. 1819) married Queen Victoria of Great Britain.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
On July 3, 1817, Ernest married Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in Gotha. The couple had two children: their sons Ernest II Augustus Charles John Leopold Alexander Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and Francis Augustus Charles Albert Emmanuel (who is better known as Albert).
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1784-1844), was the eldest son of Franz, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, whom he succeeded in 1806. He succeeded to the Duchy of Gotha in 1826 through his marriage to Louisa Saxe-Gotha. He was Prince Albert’s father and Queen Victoria’s uncle.
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