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

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, 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 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 made his residence in

and Franz Josias moved into the

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

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, 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:

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