Luise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Luise Pauline Charlotte Friederike Auguste, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Altenburg

Daughter of August, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1772-1822) and his first wife Luise Charlotte, Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1779-1801).

Born: Gotha 21. Dec 1800

Married:

1. Gotha 31. Jul 1817 (div. 1826) Ernst I. Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784-1844), son of Franz, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1750-1806) by his second wife Auguste Gräfin Reuß zu Ebersdorf (1757-1831).

2. 18. Oct 1826 Alexander von Hanstein, cr. Graf von Pölzig in 1826 (1804-1884), son of Friedrich Freiherr von Hanstein and Anna Maria Hausmann.

Issue of first marriage::

• Ernst II. Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818-1893) m. 1842 Alexandrine Princess of Baden (1820-1904)

• Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819-1861) m. 1840 Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

Died: Paris 30. Aug 1831 from cancer

Detlev Schwennicke "Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folgen", Vol. I/1, 1998