Friedenstein Palace (deu)

Friedenstein Palace

Friedenstein Palace ranks 7,929th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind West Hampstead, County of Flanders, and Bad Abbach. Memorable people born in Friedenstein Palace include Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Maria of Yugoslavia. Memorable people who died in Friedenstein Palace include Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, and Duchess Marie of Württemberg. Friedenstein Palace has been the birth place of many politicians and the death place of many politicians, and noblemen. Friedenstein Palace is located in Germany.

Friedenstein Palace is an early Baroque palace built in the mid-17th century by Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha at Gotha, Thuringia, Germany. In Germany, Friedenstein was one of the largest palaces of its time and one of the first Baroque palaces ever built. Friedenstein served as the main seat of the Dukes of Saxe-Gotha and later as one of the residences of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, closely linked with the royal family of Great Britain through the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The final two ruling Dukes were both princes of the United Kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia