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On 6th March 1776 [his father] Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 25] and Sophie Saxe Hildburghausen Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha were married. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha. She the daughter of Ernst Friedrich Saxe Hildburghausen 2nd Duke Saxe Hildburghausen. He the son of [his grandfather] Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld [aged 51] and [his grandmother] Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld [aged 52].
On 13th June 1777 [his father] Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 26] and [his mother] Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha. He the son of [his grandfather] Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld [aged 53] and [his grandmother] Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld [aged 53]. They were fifth cousins.
On 2nd January 1784 Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha was born to Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 33] and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 26].
On 17th November 1798 [his brother-in-law] Alexander Württemberg Duke Württemberg [aged 27] and [his sister] Antoinette Ernestine Amalie Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Württemberg [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 48] and [his mother] Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 41].
On 8th September 1800 [his grandfather] Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld [aged 76] died at Coburg. His son [his father] Francis [aged 50] succeeded I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha.
On 9th December 1806 [his father] Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 56] died. His son Ernest [aged 22] succeeded I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha.
On 3rd July 1817 Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 33] and Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 16] were married. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha. She the daughter of Duke Augustus of Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 44] and Louise Charlotte Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He the son of Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 60]. They were second cousin once removed.
On 29th May 1818 [his brother-in-law] Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn [aged 50] and [his sister] Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn [aged 31] were married at Ehrenburg Palace. She by marriage Duchess Kent and Strathearn. She the daughter of [his father] Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha and [his mother] Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 61]. He the son of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [aged 79] and Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [aged 74]. They were third cousin once removed.
On 21st June 1818 [his son] Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha II Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha was born to Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 34] and [his wife] Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 17]. He married 3rd June 1842 his fifth cousin once removed Princess Alexandrine of Baden, daughter of Leopold Grand Duke of Baden and Princess Sophie of Sweden.
On 26th August 1819 [his son] Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha was born to Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 35] and [his wife] Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 18]. He married 10th February 1840 his first cousin Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, daughter of Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn and Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn, and had issue.
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In 1824 Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 39] separated from [his wife] Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 23].
On 14th March 1824 [his sister] Antoinette Ernestine Amalie Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Württemberg [aged 44] died.
On 30th August 1831 [his wife] Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg [aged 30] died at Paris [Map].
On 16th November 1831 [his mother] Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 74] died.
On 23rd December 1832 Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 48] and Marie Württemberg Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 33] were married. She by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha. She the daughter of Alexander Württemberg Duke Württemberg [aged 61] and Antoinette Ernestine Amalie Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Württemberg. He the son of Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha and Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha. They were uncle and niece.
On 16th July 1838 Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 54] was appointed 682nd Knight of the Garter by [his future daughter-in-law] Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 19].
On 10th February 1840 Prince Albert Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 20] and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 20] were married by Archbishop Charles Longley [aged 45] at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She the daughter of Edward Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Kent and Strathearn and Marie Luise Victoria Saxe Coburg Gotha Duchess Kent and Strathearn [aged 53]. He the son of Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 56] and Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg. They were first cousins. She a granddaughter of King George III of Great Britain and Ireland.
11th February 1840. Tuesday. Supplement to the London Gazette.
St James's Palace [Map]. February 10, 1840.
THIS day the Marriage of the [his daughter-in-law] QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY [aged 20] with [his son] Field Marshal His ROYAL HIGHNESS FRANCIS ALBERT AUGUSTUS CHARLES EMANUEL, DUKE OF SAXE, PRINCE OF SAXE COBOURG AND GOTHA, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter [aged 20], was solemnized at the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.
Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, attended by his Suite, proceeded from Buckingham-Palace [Map] this day, about half past eleven o'clock, to St. James's-Palace [Map], in the following order:
The first Carriage,.
Conveying General Sir George Anson, G.C.B. [aged 43]; George Edward Anson, Esq [aged 27]; and Francis Seymour, Esq [aged 26]; the Bridegroom's Gentlemen of Honour.
The second Carriage,.
Conveying the Lord Chamberlain of the Household, the Earl of Uxbridge [aged 42] (who afterwards returned to Buckingham-Palace [Map], to attend in Her Majesty's Procession), and the Officers of the Suite of His Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha, viz. Count Kolowrath [aged 62], Baron Alvensleben, and Baron De Lowenfels.
The third Carriage,.
Conveying His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, His Serene Highness the Reigning Duke of Saxe Colourg and Gotha [aged 56] (father), and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha [aged 21] (elder brother).
Her Majesty, attended by Her Royal Household, accompanied by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent [aged 53], proceeded, at twelve o'clock, from Buckingham-Palace [Map] to St James's Palace [Map], in the following order:
The first Carriage,
Conveying two Gentlemen Ushers, Charles Heneage, Esq [aged 33] and the Honourable Heneage Legge [aged 51]; Yeoman of the Yeomen of the Guard, Charles Hancock, Esq,; and the Groom of the Robes, Captain Francis Seymour [aged 51].
The second Carriage,.
Conveying the Equerry in Waiting, Lord Alfred Paget [aged 23]; two Pages of Honour, Charles T. Wemyss, Esq and Henry William John Byng [aged 8], Esq j and the Groom in Waiting, the Honourable George Keppel.
The third Carriage,.
Conveying the Clerk Marshal, Colonel the Honourable H. E. G. Cavendish [aged 50]; the Vice-Chamberlain, the Earl of Belfast, G. C. H. [aged 43]; and the Comptroller of the Household, the Right Honourable George Stevens Byng [aged 33].
The fourth Carriage,.
Conveying the Woman of the Bedchamber in Waiting, Mrs. Brand [aged 60]; the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Earl of Ilchester [aged 52]; the Master of the Buck Hounds, Lord Kinaird; and the Treasurer of the Household, the Earl of Surrey [aged 48].
The fifth Carriage,.
Conyeying the Maid of Honour in Waiting, the Honourable Caroline Cocks [aged 45]; the Duchess of Kent's Lady in Waiting, Lady K Howard; the Gold Stick, General Lord Hill, G. C.B., G. C. H.; and the Lord in Waiting, Viscount Torrington [aged 27].
The sixth Carriage,.
Conveying the Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting, the Countess of Sandwich [aged 27]; the Master of the Horse, the Earl of Albemarle, G. C.H. [aged 67]; the Lord Steward, the Earl of Erroll, K.T. G.C.H. [aged 38]; and the Lord Chamberlain, the Earl of Uxbridge.
The seventh Carriage,.
Conveying Her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN; Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent; and the Duchess of Sutherland, the Mistress of the Robes to Her Majesty [aged 33].
The illustrious Personages, and others composing the Procession, then assembled in the Throneroom, and, having been called over by Garter Principal King of Arms, the Processions, moyed in the following order, to the Chapel Royal:
THE PROCESSION OF THE BRIDEGROOM.
Drums and Trumpets.
Serjeant Trumpeter.
Master of the Ceremonies, Sir Robert Chester, Knt.
Lancaster Herald, George Frederick Beltz, Esq K.H [aged 65], York Herald, Charles George Young, Esq [aged 44].
The Bridegroom's Gentlemen of Honour, viz. Francis Seymour, Esq Gen. Sir George Anson, G.C B. George Edward Anson, Esq.
Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, The Earl of Belfast, G.C.H., Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, The Earl of Uxbridge.
Continues...
THE QUEEN. Wearing the Collar of the Order of the Garter.
Her Majesty's Train borne by the following twelve unmarried Ladies, viz.
Lady Adelaide Paget [aged 20], Lady Caroline Amelia Gordon-Lennox [aged 20], Lady Sarah Frederica Caroline Villiers [aged 18], Lady Elizabeth Anne Georgiana Dorothea Howard [aged 23], Lady Frances Elizabeth Cowper [aged 20], Lady Ida Harriet Augusta Hay [aged 18], Lady Elizabeth West [aged 21], Lady Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Stanhope, Lady Mary Augusta Frederica Grimston [aged 20], Lady Jane Harriet Bouverie [aged 20], Lady Eleanora Caroline Paget [aged 12], Lady Mary Charlotte Howard [aged 18].
Assisted by the Groom of the Robes, Captain Francis Seymour.
Master of the Horse, The Earl of Albemarle, G.C.H., Mistress of the Robes, The Duchess of Sutherland.
Ladies of the Bedchamber, The Marchioness of Normanby [aged 41], The Duchess of Bedford [aged 56], The Countess of Burlington [aged 28], The Countess of Sandwich, The Baroness Portman [aged 30], The Dowager Lady Lyttleton [aged 52], The Lady Barham [aged 25].
Maids of Honour, The Hon. Amelia Murray, The Hon. Harriet Pitt, The Hon. Caroline Cocks, The Hon. Henrietta Anson, The Hon. Matilda Paget, The Hon. Harriet Lister, The Hon. Sarah Mary Cavendish.
On 3rd June 1842 Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha II Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 23] and Princess Alexandrine of Baden [aged 21] were married. He the son of Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 58] and Duchess Louise Dorothea of Saxe Coburg Altenburg. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.
On 29th January 1844 Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 60] died. His son Ernest [aged 25] succeeded II Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha. Princess Alexandrine of Baden [aged 23] by marriage Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha.
In 1860 [his niece] Marie Württemberg Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha [aged 61] died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 22 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 28 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 23 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings Godwinson: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Harold II of England
Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of King John "The Good" II of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 11 Grand Son of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johann Wettin II Duke Saxe Weimar 10 x Great Grandson of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha 11 x Great Grandson of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea Maria Anhalt
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Ernest Saxe Coburg Saalfeld IV Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 7 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Johann Philipp Wettin Duke Saxe Altenburg 5 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha 6 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Josias Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 8 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Charlotte Johanna Waldeck Wildungen Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld
Grandfather: Ernest Frederick Saxe Coburg Saalfeld Duke Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 9 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Prince Louis Frederick I of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Great x 1 Grandmother: Duchess Anna Sophie Of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 8 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest "The Pious" Saxe Gotha I Duke Saxe Gotha 11 x Great Grandson of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Saxe Coburg Altenburg I Duke Saxe Gotha Altenburg 7 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Sophie Saxe Altenburg Duchess Saxe Gotha 6 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Sophie Saxe Coburg Altenburg 7 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Augustus Duke of Saxe Weissenfels 5 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Duchess Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe Gotha Altenburg 6 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France
father: Francis Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 10 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Augustus II Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 12 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert I Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern 13 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ferdinand Albert II Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 14 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandmother: Sophia Antonia Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duchess Saxe Coburg Saalfeld 15 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Augustus II Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 12 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Anthony Ulrich Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 13 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Rudolph 14 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 15 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Ernest Saxe Coburg Gotha I Duke Saxe Coburg Gotha 11 x Great Grandson of John II King Aragon
Grandfather: Heinrich XXIV Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
mother: Augusta Reuss Duchess Saxe Coburg Gotha 10 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 3 Grandfather: George Albert Count of Erbach-Schönberg
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Albert II Count of Erbach-Fürstenau
Great x 1 Grandfather: George August Count of Erbach Schonberg
Grandmother: Karoline Ernestine of Erbach Schonberg 9 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis Christian Count of Stolberg Gedern
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ferdinande Henriette Countess of Stolberg Gedern 8 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Duke John Albert II of Mecklenburg 10 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 3 Grandfather: Duke Gustav Adolph of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 11 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France
Great x 2 Grandmother: Christine of Mecklenburg Güstrow 7 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick III Duke of Holstein Gottorp
Great x 3 Grandmother: Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein Gottorp 6 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Elisabeth of Saxony Duchess Holstein Gottorp 5 x Great Granddaughter of John II King Aragon