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Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld 1680 to 1735 Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1735 to 1826 Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1826-1918
John Ernest, (1658-1729), Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
Duke of Saxe-Saalfeld
Ernest I, formerly Ernest III, ( 1784- 1844), Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and from 1826, the first sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Ernest I, formerly Ernest III, (1784-1844)
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861), later HRH The Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Son of Ernest I.
Alfred, (1844-1900), Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900. Also Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent and Earl of Ulster. Second son of Victoria of Great Britain and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Charles Edward, (1884-1954), Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 to 1918. A male-line grandson of Queen Victoria and , he was also a Prince of the United Kingdom and Duke of Albany.
Prince Ferdinand Georg August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, ( 1785- 1851), son of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry, (- 1885), King of Portugal and co-ruler with Maria II of Portugal, son of Prince Ferdinand Georg August .
Prince Ferdinand
King of Portugal
Ferdinand (1861-1948), born Prince Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was the Knjaz ( Prince Regnant) and later Tsar of Bulgaria, grandson of Prince Ferdinand Georg August.
Tsar of Bulgaria
Leopold I (1790-1865), Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, later Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, the first King of the Belgians from 1831. Son of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.