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Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1818 - 1893

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Ernest II (German: Ernst August Karl Johann Leopold Alexander Eduard; 21 June 1818 – 22 August 1893) was Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 29 January 1844 to his death in 1893. He was born in Coburg to Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha has received more than 3,165,884 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is the 157th most popular nobleman (up from 226th in 2019), the 655th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,097th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Nobleman.

Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was most famous for being the grandfather of Queen Victoria of England.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ranks 157 out of 842. Before him are Setnakhte, Louise Élisabeth of France, Raziye Sultan, Avidius Cassius, Bertrada of Laon, and Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. After him are Judith of Bavaria, Beatrice d'Este, Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, Isabella I of Jerusalem, Maximilian Sforza, and Germaine of Foix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ranks 13. Before him are Christian IX of Denmark, Charles Gounod, Jacob Burckhardt, Lewis H. Morgan, Marius Petipa, and Rudolf von Jhering. After him are Adolf Anderssen, Emperor Norton, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Leconte de Lisle, Sophie of Württemberg, and Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria. Among people deceased in 1893, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ranks 10. Before him are Patrice de MacMahon, Hippolyte Taine, Jean-Martin Charcot, Rutherford B. Hayes, Alexander of Battenberg, and Jan Matejko. After him are Josef Stefan, Jules Ferry, Ernst Kummer, John Tyndall, George Tupou I, and Baron Alexander von Bach.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ranks 655 out of 6,142. Before him are Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805), Gerhard Ertl (1936), Carlos Kleiber (1930), Otto Ohlendorf (1907), and Hugo Ball (1886). After him are James Last (1929), Hugo Junkers (1859), Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877), Kurt Schwitters (1887), August Macke (1887), and John William Friso, Prince of Orange (1687).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ranks 15. Before him are Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573), Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834), Albert, Duke of Prussia (1490), Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750), Prince Leopold of Bavaria (1846), and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1687). After him are Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712), Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574), Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707), Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869), Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria (1843), and Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (1414).

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