Ernst II., Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha

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  1. Ernst August Karl Johann Leopold Alexander, Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld Alternative Names
  2. June 21, 1818 in Coburg
  3. August 22, 1893 in Reinhardsbrunn
  4. Coburg, Gotha

Iconography

(Source: Wikimedia)
Ernest (right) with his younger brother Albert and mother Louise, shortly before her exile from court (Source: Wikimedia)
A lithograph of Ernest, 1842 (Source: Wikimedia)
Ernest's wife Princess Alexandrine of Baden. She would remain fiercely devoted to Ernest during their marriage, believing that their childlessness was her fault.[22] (Source: Wikimedia)
A bust of Ernest at the Landestheater in Coburg. Ernest was a strong enthusiast for music and plays all his life, and was the artistic force behind many that were popular in Germany. (Source: Wikimedia)
A coin depicting Ernest II, 1869. It was issued to commemorate the twenty-fifth year of his reign. (Source: Wikimedia)
An equestrian statue of Ernest in the Hofgarten, Coburg. In the 1850s, Ernest dramatically transformed the Hofgarten into an English landscape garden. It opened on 27 April 1857 to the public. The statue was constructed in 1899 in order to commemorate Ernest's contributions. (Source: Wikimedia)
Ernest's heir-presumptive Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. (Source: Wikimedia)
Bildnis des Ernst II. von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, unbekannter Künstler - um 1841/1850 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Ernst II. von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, unbekannter Künstler - 1876/1900 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Ernst II., Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, Jean-Baptiste Madou - 1836 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Doppelbildnis des Ernst II. von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha und der Alexandrine von Baden, Baugniet, Charles (ungesichert) - 1842/1843 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Ernst II. von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Henry Anelay - 1836/1842 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Ernst II. von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, Weger, August - 1844/1860 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Herzog Ernst II. von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, A. Endert - 1846/1855 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Herzog Ernst II. von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, Giuseppe Marastoni - 1870 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Ernst II. von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, Joseph Scholz - 1846/1860 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Bildnis des Herzog Ernst II. von Sachsen Coburg Gotha, David Martin Kanning - 1946/1855 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Dargestellter: Ernst II. von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha Künstler: keine Angabe (Quelle: Trierer Porträtdatenbank)

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