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Hubertus was born on 16 September 1975 in Hamburg, Germany, as the eldest son and middle child of Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Carin Dabelstein.At the time of Hubertus's birth, his grandfather, Friedrich Josias, was the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, [1] the royal dynasty from which Elizabeth II [failed verification] and the British royal family are descended. [2]
Hubertus was buried the following day at the Coburg family cemetery at Callenberg Castle. [11] The Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha announced the death of their son and heir in Gothaer Beobachter with a very short obituary on 11 December. [4] The ducal couple's youngest son, Prince Friedrich Josias, became heir apparent in his stead. [2]
The Headship of the Coburg Wettins would thus pass to Johann Leopold's younger brother, Prince Friedrich Josias, who dynastically married a countess of a mediatized family. Before his death in 1954, Duke Charles Edward re-allocated the family's remaining fortune as an inheritance for their son and heir Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
The Coburg family are bright, happy children who lead a natural life, spending a great deal of their time in the open air in the fine grounds of their castle. They are very fond of riding. In the winter, which is a severe one in Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, they delight in ski-ing and other outdoor amusements suitable to snowy weather. [70]
The first duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was Ernest I, who reigned from 1826 until his death in 1844. He had previously been Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (as Ernest III) from 1806 until the duchy was reorganized in 1826. Ernest's younger brother Leopold became King of the Belgians in 1831, and his descendants continue to serve as Belgian monarchs.
Kelly Jeanne Prinzessin von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha (born January 10, 1975), born Kelly Jeanne Rondestvedt, is an American investment banker. She is married to Hubertus, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , the heir apparent to the defunct House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha .
Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony (Andreas Michael Friedrich Hans Armin Siegfried Hubertus Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha Herzog von Sachsen; born 21 March 1943) is a German landowner and nobleman who has been the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha since 1998.
Prince Hubertus may refer to: Hubertus, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1906–1984), German historian and political figure; Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (pilot) (1909–1943), German soldier; Prince Hubertus of Prussia (1909–1950), third son of Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany and Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin