Christian Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (

Saalfeld Saalfeld (german: Saalfeld/Saale) is a town in Germany, capital of the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district of Thuringia. It is best known internationally as the ancestral seat of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha branch of the S ...

, 18 August 1683 –

, 4 September 1745), was a duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

Life

He was the oldest surviving son of

Johann Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Johann Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (22 August 1658 in Gotha – 17 February 1729 in Saalfeld) was a reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Life He was the tenth but seventh surviving son of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Elisabeth ...

and his first wife, Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg. In Naitschau on 18 August 1724, Christian Ernst married unequally with Christiane Fredericka of Koss; for this, his younger half-brother Franz Josias reclaimed the full succession of the duchy. His father, the duke Johann Ernst, determined the common government of the brothers with indivisibility of the duchy upon his death, in 1729. Christian Ernst make his residence in

and Franz Josias moved into the

Veste Coburg The Veste Coburg (Coburg Fortress) is one of the best-preserved medieval fortresses of Germany. It is situated on a hill above the town of Coburg, in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria. Geography Location Veste Coburg dominates the town of C ...

. The double government make soon impossible and this force the settlement of the "''Coburg Eisenberg Roemhilder of Hereditary Controversy''", whereby Christian Ernst received

Coburg Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920. Until the revolution of 1918, it was ...

, Rodach, Mönchröden and half Neuhaus. Christian Ernst died childless and all his inheritance was taken by his half-brother, Franz Josias.

Ancestors

References

* August Beck: '' Christian Ernst, Herzog zu Sachsen-Saalfeld''. In:

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, german: Universal German Biography) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Aca ...

(ADB). Band 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, S. 180. {{DEFAULTSORT:Christian Ernest 02, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1683 births 1745 deaths Dukes of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Dukes of Saxe-Saalfeld Dukes of Saxe-Coburg Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)