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In 1917, the First World War caused the British king George V to officially change the name from "Saxe-Coburg and Gotha" to "Windsor" in the United Kingdom. [2] In Belgium, due to similar resentment against Germany after the Great War, the use of the name was also changed in 1920 by King Albert I to " de Belgique " ( French ), " van België ...
King George I was the first German king of Great Britain; crowned in 1714, he was born in northern Germany and belonged to the House of Hanover. ... The royals changed their name from Saxe-Coburg ...
In 1851, a committee headed by Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha set out to plan the construction of a Catholic church in Coburg with a burial vault underneath. St. Augustin was opened on 28 August 1860. The crypt contains the remains of fifteen members of the Koháry branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (German: Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha), or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (German: Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha [ˈzaksn̩ ˈkoːbʊʁk ˈɡoːtaː]), was an Ernestine duchy in Thuringia ruled by a branch of the House of Wettin, consisting of territories in the present-day states of Thuringia and Bavaria in Germany. [1] It lasted from 1826 to 1918.
Callenberg Castle (Schloss Callenberg) is a schloss on a wooded hill in Beiersdorf, an Ortsteil of Coburg, Germany, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the town centre.It was a hunting lodge and summer residence and has long been the principal residence of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld: 4. Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld: 9. Duchess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel: 2. Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry: 10. Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf: 5. Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf: 11. Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg: 1.
In 1731, after Pernau's death, the estate was bought by Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. [7] Due to the debts of a successor, the Rosenau passed out of the family, but in 1805 Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, bought it back as a summer residence for his own son and heir, Ernest, who later became Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry (through female line) The House of Koháry ( Hungarian : Koháry-ház ) was the name of an ancient and wealthy Hungarian noble family [ 1 ] with seats at Csábrág and Szitnya (now Čabraď and Sitno Castle) and the palace of Szentantal (now Svätý Anton , Slovakia ).