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Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1818 - 1893

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Ernest II (German: Ernst August Karl Johann Leopold Alexander Eduard; 21 June 1818 – 22 August 1893) was Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 29 January 1844 to his death in 1893. He was born in Coburg to Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. His father became Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (as Ernest I) in 1826 through an exchange of territories. In 1842, Ernest married Princess Alexandrine of Baden in what was to be a childless marriage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is the 415th most popular nobleman (down from 319th in 2019), the 1,670th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,497th in 2019) and the 74th most popular German Nobleman.

Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was most famous for being the grandfather of Queen Victoria of England.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ranks 415 out of 1,415. Before him are Louis, Duke of Brittany, Marina Mniszech, Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel, Robert, Prince of Taranto, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. After him are Humbert III, Count of Savoy, John of Montfort, Anne Henriette of Bavaria, Eustace III, Count of Boulogne, Joseph Fesch, and Charlene, Princess of Monaco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ranks 35. Before him are Frederick Douglass, Mary Todd Lincoln, Emperor Norton, Francesco Crispi, Emil du Bois-Reymond, and Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen. After him are Richard Jordan Gatling, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Johann Jakob von Tschudi, Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, and Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Among people deceased in 1893, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ranks 18. Before him are Ernst Kummer, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Jules Ferry, John Tyndall, Benjamin Butler, and Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle. After him are Abner Doubleday, Leland Stanford, Ferenc Erkel, Alfredo Catalani, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and José Zorrilla.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ranks 1,670 out of 7,253. Before him are Horst Hrubesch (1951), Philipp Mainländer (1841), Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818), Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria (1319), Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony (1728), and Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891). After him are Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1750), Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1880), Heiner Müller (1929), John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455), Gondioc (450), and Johann Rattenhuber (1897).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ranks 74. Before him are Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1831), Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1597), Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp (1631), Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1867), John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1575), and Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1758). After him are Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (1730), Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1526), Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814), William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487), Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (1763), and Elisabeth of Swabia (1205).

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