Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
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1601 – 1675
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Who was Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha?
Ernest I, called "Ernest the Pious", was a duke of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg. The duchies were later merged into Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
He was the ninth but sixth surviving son of John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt. His mother was a granddaughter of Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, and great-granddaughter of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg.
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- Born
- Dec 25, 1601
Altenburg - Also known as
- Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha
- Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
- Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg
- Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
- Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
- Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg
- Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
- Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild
- Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
- Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
- Nationality
- Germany
- Lived in
- Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg
- Died
- Mar 26, 1675
Gotha
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on July 23, 2013
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