Ernst Leopold Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha

Ernst Leopold was born at Hirschberg, Germany. His paternal grandparents were Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the only son of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (youngest son of Queen Victoria), and his wife, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

Ernst Leopold had two siblings: Princess Caroline Mathilde and Prince Peter Albert.

His father was heir-apparent to the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha until the forced abdication of his grandfather on 18 November 1918, to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, result of the German Revolution. As the marriage of his parents was considered morganatic he lost any rights to the succession of the ducal throne.

Ernst Leopold married Ingeborg Henig (b. 16 August 1937 in Nordhausen), daughter of Richard Henig and Luise Duckwitz, on 4 February 1961 in Herrenberg. They divorced on 26 March 1963.[1] They had one child:

• Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (8 December 1961) he married Barbara Weissmann on 9 March 1993 and they were divorced on 12 September 2012. They have one son.

He married, secondly, Gertraude Monika Pfeiffer (b. 1 July 1938 in Cottbus), daughter of Hermann Horst Pfeiffer and Gertrud Marianne Jardin, on 29 May 1963, at Regensburg, Germany. They divorced on 20 September 1985.[1] They had five children:

• Princess Victoria Feodora Monika of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 7 September 1963) she married Peter Schmidt on 26 November 1986 and they were divorced in 30 September 1999. They have one son. She remarried Gerd Armbrust on 29 April 2000,
  • Prince Falk Wilhelm Philipp Albert Jakob of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 28 June 1990)
• Prince Ernst-Josias Carl Eduard Hermann Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 13 May 1965 - d. 4 September 2009) he married Birgit Michaela Marion Meissner on 5 July 1996. They have one daughter:
  • Princess Sophie Alexandra Maria Katherina of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 22 August 2000)
• Prince Carl-Eduard Wilhelm Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 7 July 1966) he married Miriam Stephanie Kolo on 25 September 1998. They have two daughters:
  • Princess Emilia Lucia Josefina of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 24 March 1999)
  • Princess Johanna Carlotta Sophia of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 16 August 2004)
• Prince Friedrich Ferdinand-Christian Georg Ernst Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 13 December 1968) he married Erika Ostheimer on 14 May 1999. They have one son born before their marriage:
  • Prince Nicolaus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 12 October 1987)
• Princess Alice-Sybilla Calma Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 6 August 1974),[2] she married Gerold Hans Carl Franz Reiser on 9 July 2001. They have two children born before their marriage:
  • Matthias Reiser (b. 19 April 1999)
  • Carolin Monika Maria Reiser (b. 19 August 2000)

He married, thirdly, Sabine Margarete Biller (25 June 1941 – 27 June 1996 in Kreuth), daughter of Alfred Carl Biller, on 20 January 1986 in Grünwald.[3] They had no children.

Ernst Leopold died on 27 June 1996 in Bad Wiessee, Germany, in his 61st year, by committing suicide along with his wife Sabine Biller.[4]