Ernst Leopold Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha


Ernst Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was a German prince, and the elder son of Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Baroness Feodora von der Horst.

Early life

Ernst Leopold was born at Hirschberg, Germany. His paternal grandparents were Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the only son of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, and his wife, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
Ernst Leopold had two siblings: Princess Caroline Mathilde and Prince Peter Albert.
His father was heir-apparent to the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha until the forced abdication of his grandfather on 18 November 1918, to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, result of the German Revolution. As the marriage of his parents was considered morganatic he lost any rights to the succession of the ducal throne.

Marriage and family

Ernst Leopold married Ingeborg Henig, daughter of Richard Henig and Luise Duckwitz, on 4 February 1961 in Herrenberg. They divorced on 26 March 1963. They had one child:
He married, secondly, Gertraude Monika Pfeiffer, daughter of Hermann Horst Pfeiffer and Gertrud Marianne Jardin, on 29 May 1963, at Regensburg, Germany. They divorced on 20 September 1985. They had five children:
He married, thirdly, Sabine Margarete Biller, daughter of Alfred Carl Biller, on 20 January 1986 in Grünwald. They had no children.

Death

Ernst Leopold died on 27 June 1996 in Bad Wiessee, Germany, in his 61st year, by committing suicide along with his wife Sabine Biller.

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