Johann Leopold Wilhelm Albert Ferdinand Victor Saxen-Coburg-Gotha ( German: Johann Leopold Wilhelm Albert Ferdinand Viktor von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha ; , - , ) - Crown Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; the eldest son of the last duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Carl Eduard and his wife Victoria Adelaide Schleswig-Holstein .
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| Spouse | 1) Theodora von der Horst 2) Maria Theresa Reindl | |||
| Children | from 1st marriage : sons : Ernst Leopold and Peter daughter : Carolina Matilda from 2nd marriage : no | |||
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Biography
He was the Crown Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha from birth to the forced abdication of his father on November 18, 1918. Renunciation was the result of the November Revolution .
Carl Edward hoped to agree on a marriage between Prince Johann Leopold and Princess Juliana , the heiress of his cousin Queen of the Netherlands Wilhelmina . The engagement did not take place, in which Karl Edward blamed his "useless" son [2] .
His first wife was Theodora von der Horst (1905-1991) [3] , whom he married on March 9, 1932. He was forced to renounce his inheritance rights at marriage. The spouses had three children:
- Carolina Matilda Adelheid Sybil Marianne Erica (born 1933)
- ∞ 1953 Michael Nielsen (1923-1975), two daughters
- Ernst Leopold Edward Wilhelm Josiah (1935–1996), committed suicide with his third wife
- ∞ 1961 Ingebord Hoenig (divorce 1963), son
- ∞ 1963 Gertrude Monica Pfeiffer (divorce 1985), three sons and two daughters
- ∞ 1986 Sabina Biller
- ∞ 1963 Gertrude Monica Pfeiffer (divorce 1985), three sons and two daughters
- Peter Albert Friedrich Josiah (born 1939)
- ∞ 1964 Rosita Henrietta Breyer, two sons
February 27, 1962 Johann Leopold and Theodora divorced.
His second wife was Maria Theresa Reindl (1908–1996) [3] , whom he married on March 3, 1963. They had no children.