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| Ernest I |
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| 17841844, duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (see under Saxe-Coburg); brother of Leopold I of Belgium, uncle of Queen Victoria of England, and father of Victorias consort, Prince Albert. He succeeded to the duchy of Coburg in 1806 and acquired Gotha in 1826. |
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