Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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Prince Ludwig August
Born	Prinz Ludwig August von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (1845-08-08)8 August 1845 Château d'Eu, Eu, France
Died	14 September 1907(1907-09-14) (aged 62) Karlsbad, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Burial	St. Augustin, Coburg, Germany
Spouse	Princess Leopoldina of Brazil ​ ​ (m. 1864; died 1871)​
Issue Detail	Prince Peter Prince August Leopold Prince Joseph Prince Ludwig
Names Ludwig August Maria Eudes
Clémentine of Orléans

Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Ludwig August Maria Eudes; 8 August 1845 – 14 September 1907), known in Brazil as Dom Luís Augusto, was a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry and an Admiral in the Imperial Brazilian Navy.

Early life

He was born at the

, the last reigning king of France.

Marriage and family

Ludwig August and his

, the younger. The original plan was for August to marry Isabel and Gaston to Leopoldina, but the girls decided otherwise and the Emperor, having himself experienced the unhappinesses of an arranged dynastic marriage, agreed to their wishes.

Ludwig August and Leopoldina married in Rio de Janeiro on 15 December 1864, two months after the wedding of Isabel and Gaston. They had four sons:

1. Peter August Ludwig Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga (Rio de Janeiro, 19 May 1866 – Tulln an der Donau, Austria, 6 July 1934); successor of his father in 1907. Peter died unmarried and was succeeded by his nephew Rainer.
2. August Leopold Philipp Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga (Rio de Janeiro, 6 December 1867 – Schladming, 11 October 1922).
3. Joseph Ferdinand Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga (Petrópolis, 21 May 1869 – Vienna, 13 August 1888).
4. Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (1877–1906). After the death of his first wife, he married Countess Anna von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg
   (1873–1948).

His wife died young, aged 23, in 1871. He died on 14 September 1907 in Karlsbad, Germany, aged 62.

Honours

•  Empire of Brazil:^[1]
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Pedro I
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Rose
  • Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ
  • Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz
  • Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of St. James of the Sword
  • Uruguay Campaign Medal
• Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Order of Ernest the Pious, June 1863^[2]
•  Russian Empire: Knight of the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-called, 1865^[3]

Ancestry

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References

External links

• Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy". Genealogy.EU.