Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya |
Prince Leopold Franz Julius of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (31 January 1824 – 20 May 1884) was a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry.
Born Prince Leopold Franz Julius of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke in Saxony, he was the third son of
Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya
.
Leopold was a younger son and was unlikely to inherit titles or land, so he entered the Army in the service of the Austrian Empire. At one point Leopold was considered as a potential husband for
Louis Philippe and the Queen of Spain's younger sister.[1]
Later, Leopold met
morganatic
), Franz was barred from the succession of Koháry and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Regardless, he died childless and unmarried on 29 August 1899.
Leopold is buried in the ducal mausoleum at Friedhof am Glockenberg, Coburg.[2]: 47
Honours
Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (military), 3 May 1850[3]
Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, March 1842[4]
Order of the Tower and Sword, 19 June 1843[5]
References
- ^ Kenneth Bourne, The Foreign Policy of Victorian England 1830-1902 (Oxford, 1970), pp.58-60
- ^ Klüglein, Norbert (1991). Coburg Stadt und Land (German). Verkehrsverein Coburg.
- ^ "Liste des Membres de l'Ordre de Léopold", Almanach Royal Officiel (in French), 1851, p. 36 – via Archives de Bruxelles
- ^ Adreß-Handbuch des Herzogthums Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1843). "Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden", p. 3
- ^ Bragança, Jose Vicente de (2014). "Agraciamentos Portugueses Aos Príncipes da Casa Saxe-Coburgo-Gota" [Portuguese Honours awarded to Princes of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]. Pro Phalaris (in Portuguese). 9–10: 9. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- E. Jones-Parry, The Spanish Marriages, 1841-1846 (London, 1936)
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