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Dukes of Coburg

Gathering at Coburg 1894: the wedding of Victoria Melita, daughter of Alfred, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Ernst Ludwig of Hesse

First row sitting: Kaiser Wilhelm II, Queen Victoria, Vicky the Empress Frederick, and the girls Beatrice of Edimburgh and Feodora of Saxe Meiningen (Vicky's granddaughter); second row standing: Prince Alfred, Tsarevitch Nicholas (future Tsar Nicholas II) and her fiance Alix of Hesse, Victoria of Battenberg, Irene of Hesse, Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna, Duchess Marie of Edimburgh; third row: The Prince of Wales (future Edward VII), Princess Beatrice of Great Britain, Princess Louise of Coburg, Princess Alexandra of Edimburgh, Charlotte of Saxe Meiningen, the Duchess and the Duke of Connaught; Fourth row: Prince Louis of Battenberg,Grand Duke Paul of Russia, Prince Henry of Battenberg, Prince Philip of Coburg, Count Mensdorf Poully, Grand Duke Serge of Russia, Crown Princess Marie and Crown Prince Ferdiand of Roumania (future King and Queen of Roumania), Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia , Grand Duke Valdimir of Russia and Alfred,Duke of Edimburgh.

HISTORY OF COBURG

THE DUKES:

Saxony

Johann Friedrich
the Good-Nature
1532-1554

Johann the Constant
1525-1532

Ernst I
1464-1486

Friedrich III
the Wise
1486-1525

Johann Ernst
1542-1553