Back دوقية ساكسونيا كوبورغ وغوتا Arabic Casa de Saxonia-Coburgu y Gotha AST Saksen-Koburq-Qota Azerbaijani Саксен-Кобург-Гота Byelorussian Сакс-Кобург и Гота Bulgarian Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha Breton Saskokoburg i Gota (dinastija) BS Saxònia-Coburg-Gotha Catalan Sasko-kobursko-gothajské vévodství Czech Sachsen-Coburg og Gotha (land) Danish
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha | |||||||||||||
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| 1826–1918 | |||||||||||||
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| Anthem: Heil unserm Herzog, heil | |||||||||||||
.svg) The Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Coburg and Gotha | ||||||||||||
| Common languages | German | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Family lands reorganised | 12 November 1826 1826 | ||||||||||||
• German Revolution | 18 November 1918 | ||||||||||||
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| 1905 | 1,977 km2 (763 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
• 1905 | 242000 | ||||||||||||
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The Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (German Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) was a dual monarchy in Germany. This means that one ruler ruled over two countries, in this case the duchies of Coburg and Gotha. "Saxe" means of Saxony, because there were many small countries but all were ruled by members of the royal house of Saxony. Usually the royal house of Saxony means the rulers of the Kingdom of Saxony. The house of Wettin ruled the other states (Wettin is the family's surname).
The royal house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was created in 1826. One dynasty of the House of Wettin (the Dukes of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg) became extinct because there were no more male children to inherit.
The remaining members of the family divided their various lands between them. The duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld gave up Saalfeld and instead got the duchy of Gotha. Saalfeld became part of Saxe-Meiningen, which also took Hildburghausen when the Dule of Saxe-Hildburghausen became Duke of Saxe-Altenburg.
On 12 November 1826 Ernst III of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld became Ernst I Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Jülich (Juelich), Cleves and Berg, also Engern and Westphalia, Prince of Lichtenberg, Landgrave in Thuringia, Markgrave of Meißen (Meissen), Count of Hennerberg, Count of the Mark and Ravensburg, Lord of Ravenstein and Tonna.
Ernst had two sons. His younger son, Albert, married his cousin Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha became the name of the royal house of the United Kingdom from 1901 until 1917 (the reign of Edward VII), when the name was changed the Windsor because of hatred of anything German in World War I.