Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Ludwig August Maria Eudes; 8 August 1845 – 14 September 1907), known in Brazil as Dom Luís Augusto, was a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry and an

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in the

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Early life

He was born at the Château d'Eu in

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, the second son of

Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha August Victor Louis of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (german: August Viktor Ludwig; 13 June 1818 – 26 July 1881), was a German prince of the Catholic House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry. He was a General Major in the Royal Saxon Army and the ow ...

and Princess

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. His father was a

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and her consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Through his mother he was a grandson of

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, the last reigning king of France.

Marriage and family

Ludwig August and his double first cousin, the French Prince Gaston, comte d'Eu (son of Victoire, sister of August's father; and prince Louis, the brother of August’s mother) were imported to

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in order to marry the two daughters of the Emperor

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: Isabel, the elder, and Leopoldina, the younger. The original plan was for August to marry Isabel and Gaston to Leopoldina, but the girls decided otherwise and the Emperor, having himself experienced the unhappinesses of an arranged dynastic marriage, agreed to their wishes. Ludwig August and Leopoldina married in

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on 15 December 1864, two months after the wedding of Isabel and Gaston. They had four sons: # ''Peter'' August Ludwig Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga (

, 19 May 1866 – Tulln an der Donau, Austria, 6 July 1934); successor of his father in 1907. Peter died unmarried and was succeeded by his nephew Rainer. # ''August Leopold'' Philipp Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga (Rio de Janeiro, 6 December 1867 – Schladming, 11 October 1922). # ''Joseph'' Ferdinand Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga ( Petrópolis, 21 May 1869 – Vienna, 13 August 1888). # ''Ludwig Gaston'' Klemens Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga (Ebenthal, 15 September 1870 – Innsbruck, 23 January 1942); married Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (1877–1906). After the death of his first wife, he married Countess Anna von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (1873–1948). His wife died young, aged 23, in 1871. He died on 14 September 1907 in Karlsbad, Germany, aged 62.

Honours

* : ** Grand Cross of the

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** Grand Cross of the

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** Grand Cross of the Order of the Rose ** Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ ** Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Saint Benedict of Aviz ** Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of St. James of the Sword ** Uruguay Campaign Medal *

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: Grand Cross of the Order of Ernest the Pious, ''June 1863'' * : Knight of the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-called, ''1865''

Ancestry

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ludwig August Of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince 1845 births 1907 deaths People from Eu, Seine-Maritime Brazilian people of German descent House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry Princes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Brazilian admirals Brazilian military personnel of the Paraguayan War