Honours
Knight Grand Cross of the Ernestine Order of the House of Saxony [16] [17]
Hubertus Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha | |
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| Born | 16 September 1975 Hamburg, West Germany |
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| Family | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
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| Allegiance | Germany |
| Service/ | Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion |
| Years of service | 1996–1997 |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
Hubertus, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Hereditary Duke of Saxony (Hubertus Michael Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha; born 16 September 1975), is a German nobleman who is the heir apparent to the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha since 1998.
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] In 1995, Hubertus graduated from a public school in Coburg, then joined the Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion in Ebern. By December 1996, Hubertus was promoted to Officer Cadet and a Second Lieutenant by 1997, when he resigned to study law. [3]
Hubertus studied law at the University of Würzburg from 1997 to 1999. During this time, Hubertus's father, Andreas, succeeded to head of the house when Friedrich Josias died on 23 January 1998. [3] Hubertus switched universities in 1999 and began his attendance at the London School of Economics, where he studied for only one year. In 2000, Hubertus returned to Germany to study at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich until 2003. [3]
Following attaining his university law degree, Hubertus worked for the Provincial Court of Appeals of Germany from April 2003 to June 2005, and then for a local law firm in Munich from September 2005 to September 2006. Before moving to New York City at the end of 2006, Hubertus had been a member of Shooting Club in Coburg as a licensed hunter. [3] Upon moving to New York City, Hubertus began working as the New York lawyer of Deutsche Bank, specialising in wealth management. [4]
At a New York restaurant in 2007, Hubertus met Kelly Rondestvedt and they began dating. [5] [6] On a trip to Coburg, Hubertus proposed to her and they wed in a small civil ceremony on 21 May 2009 in Callenberg Castle with members of their immediate family present. [7] Two days later, they married in a religious ceremony at the Lutheran Saint Moritz Church. The wedding was attended by over 400 guests and spectated by a crowd of around 3000 people. [8] [9] Guests included King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, Simeon II and Margarita of Bulgaria, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria and Bronisław Chrobok, Prince Konstantin-Assen and Princess María of Vidin, Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor, Princess Astrid of Belgium, and Prince Alexander and Princess Nadja of Schaumburg-Lippe. [10] [11] [5] [12] [13]
After five years of living in New York, Hubertus moved back to Coburg with his wife. They temporarily lived in Munich while their apartment in Coburg was being renovated. [3] Since January 2012, Hubertus has sat on the board of directors of their family foundation, the Stiftung der Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha'schen Familie. [14]
Hubertus married Kelly Rondestvedt in 2009. [7] [15] The couple are parents of three children. [3]
Knight Grand Cross of the Ernestine Order of the House of Saxony [16] [17]
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, 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. It lasted from 1826 to 1918. In November 1918, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was forced to abdicate. In 1920, the northern part of the duchy was merged with six other Thuringian free states to form the Free State of Thuringia: Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Saxe-Altenburg and Saxe-Meiningen, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, as well as the People's State of Reuss. The southern part of the duchy, as southernmost of the Thuringian states, was the only one which, after a referendum, became part of the Free State of Bavaria.
Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf, was by marriage the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was the grandmother and godmother of both Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her husband and cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was an Austrian nobleman and military commander.
Saxe-Coburg was a duchy held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in today's Bavaria, Germany.
Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was the son and heir apparent of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He died aged 24 under circumstances still not entirely clear. He was a first cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, King George V of the United Kingdom and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is a European royal house. It takes its name from its oldest domain, the Ernestine duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and its members later sat on the thrones of Belgium, Bulgaria, Portugal, and the United Kingdom and its dominions.
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was one of the Saxon Duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin Dynasty. Established in 1699, the Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield line lasted until the reshuffle of the Ernestine territories that occurred following the extinction of the Saxe-Gotha line in 1825, in which the Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld line received Gotha, but lost Saalfeld to Saxe-Meiningen.
Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the head of the Ducal Family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and titular Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1954 until his death. He was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria.
Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony is a German landowner and nobleman who has been the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha since 1998.
Prince Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, known in Brazil as Dom Luís Gastão, was a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, and the last surviving grandchild of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil.
Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry was a prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry and the last holder of Csábrág and Szitnya, both in modern-day Slovakia, lost to the communist regime of Czechoslovakia. He was the only son of Prince Rainer of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha by his first wife, Johanna Károlyi von Károlyi-Patty und Vasvár.
Alexander Prinz von Sachsen, is the nephew, adopted son and heir of Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, and a businessman. Following the death of Maria Emanuel in July 2012 he assumed the headship of the Royal House of Saxony, based on a 1997 agreement that named him heir, but which was repudiated a few years later by a number of signatories. His claim is disputed by his cousin Prince Daniel of Saxony.
Prince Hubertus may refer to:
Ernst Leopold Eduard Wilhelm Josias Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha was the second child and eldest son of Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Feodora Freiin von der Horst.
Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was a German courier pilot and a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which reigned over the eponymous duchy in the German Empire. Born a prince of Great Britain and Ireland as a great-grandson of Queen Victoria, Hubertus lost this title during the First World War. He became heir apparent to the headship of his house in 1932, and he never married. Hubertus joined the Nazi Party upon the outbreak of the Second World War despite his opposition to Adolf Hitler and Nazism. He served in the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front until he was killed in action.
Hubertus Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha is the eldest son of Ernst-Leopold Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha and his first wife, Ingeborg Henig.
Prince Leopold Clement Philipp August Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was an Austro-Hungarian officer and the heir apparent to the wealth of the House of Koháry. His death in a murder–suicide shocked the royal courts of Austria and Germany.
Callenberg Castle is a schloss on a wooded hill in Beiersdorf, an Ortsteil of Coburg, 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. It is currently owned by Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who created the Ducal Saxe-Coburg and Gotha House Order. A large and architecturally important family chapel is contained within.
Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was a dynast of the House of Wettin, belonging to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry. He was the last Fideikommissherr of the branch.
Kelly Jeanne Prinzessin von Saxe-Coburg und Gotha, 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.
