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| Johann Leopold | |||||
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| Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | |||||
 Johann Leopold aged 9 or 10 | |||||
| Born | (1906-08-02)2 August 1906 Callenberg Castle,Coburg,Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,Germany | ||||
| Died | 4 May 1972(1972-05-04) (aged 65) Grein, Austria | ||||
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| Issue | Princess Caroline Mathilde Prince Ernst Leopold Prince Peter Albert | ||||
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| House | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
| Father | Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
| Mother | Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | ||||
Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (inGerman: Johann Leopold William Albert Ferdinand Viktor; 2 August 1906 – 4 May 1972) was the eldest son ofCharles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, andPrincess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
Johann Leopold was born 2 August 1906 atCallenberg Castle inCoburg as the eldest son ofCharles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, andPrincess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
He was heir-apparent, from his birth, until the forced abdication of his father on 18 November 1918, toSaxe-Coburg and Gotha. The abdication was a result of theGerman Revolution.
As a youth in Germany's politically unsettled post-World War I period Johann Leopold was involved in right wing paramilitary activity supported by his father.[1]
Charles Edward hoped to arrange a marriage between Prince Johann Leopold andPrincess Juliana,heir presumptive to his first cousin QueenWilhelmina of the Netherlands. The match never materialized, with Charles Edward blaming his "useless" son.[1]
Johann Leopold's first wife was BaronessFeodora Marie Alma Margarete von der Horst (1905–1991), who divorced Wolf Sigismund, Baron Pergler von Perglas, in 1931. They marriedmorganatically on 9 March 1932. The prince was forced to cede his own succession rights at the time of the marriage.[2] The couple had three children and were divorced on 27 February 1962. His second wife wasMaria Theresa Elizabeth Reindl (1908–1996), whom he married morganatically on 3 May 1963. They had no children.
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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| By Baroness Feodora von der Horst | |||
| Caroline Mathilde Adelheid SibyllaMarianne Erika Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha | 5 April 1933;Hirschberg, Thuringia | Marianne married Michael Nielsen (1923–1975) on 5 December 1953 | |
| Ernst Leopold Eduard Wilhelm Josias Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha | 14 January 1935;Hirschberg, Thuringia | 27 June 1996;Bad Wiessee, by suicide along with his third wife Sabine.[3] | Ernst Leopold married Ingeborg Henig (b. 16 August 1937 inNordhausen) on 4 February 1961 inHerrenberg. They divorced on 26 March 1963.[4] They had one son,Hubertus Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha. He married, secondly, Gertraude Monika Pfeiffer (b. 1 July 1938 inCottbus) on 29 May 1963, atRegensburg, Germany. They divorced on 20 September 1985.[4] They had five children: Viktoria, Ernst-Josias, Carl-Eduard, Ferdinand-Christian and Alice-Sybilla.[5] He married, thirdly, Sabine Margarete Biller (25 June 1941 – 27 June 1996 inKreuth) on 20 January 1986 inGrünwald.[6] They had no children. |
| Peter Albert Friedrich Josias Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha | 12 June 1939; Dresden | Peter Albert married Roswitha Henriette Breuer (1945–2013) on 12 May 1964. They had two sons. | |
Hubertus Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (b. 8 December 1961) is the eldest son of Ernst-Leopold and his first wife, Ingeborg Henig.[5] He was born atHerrenberg,West Germany, during theCold War when part of his family's hereditary lands, located in West Germany, were retained by the Coburgs, while other portions were behind theIron Curtain. Hubertus lived mostly in Bavaria following his parents' 1963 divorce and raised by his mother.[5] He married Barbara Weissmann (b.Kaiserslautern, 21 May 1959), daughter of Eugen Weissmann and wife Renate Spettel, on 9 March 1993 atGarmisch-Partenkirchen and they were divorced on 12 September 2012 in the same city.[5] They have one son, Sebastian Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha born on 16 Jan 1994, who lived with his mother as of 2015[update].[5] Hubertus administers family properties and lives inGarmisch-Partenkirchen.[5]
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Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Callenberg Castle, near Coburg, 2 August 1906 – Grein, Austria, 4 May 1972) Johann Leopold (Johann Leopold Wilhelm Albert Ferdinand Viktor) gave up his rights in 1932 because of his unequal marriage.
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