Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (in German, ''Ernst Friedrich, Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld'', 8 March 1724 – 8 September 1800), was a Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

Biography

He was the eldest son of

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and Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Ernest Frederick succeeded his father in the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld when he died in 1764 and established his definitive residence shifted in

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. Because of the high indebtedness of the duchy he was compelled by Emperor Joseph II in 1773 to work with a '' Debit commission''—an obligatory administration of debts assigned by the emperor—for over thirty years.

Issue

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on 23 April 1749 Ernest Frederick married with Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. They had seven children: # Franz Frederick Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. Coburg 15 July 1750 – d. Coburg, 9 December 1806), father of

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and grandfather of Leopold II, Empress Carlota of Mexico,

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, and her husband

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. # Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand (b. Coburg, 21 November 1751 – d. Coburg, 16 February 1757). # Fredericka Juliane (b. Coburg, 14 September 1752 – d. Coburg, 24 September 1752). # Caroline Ulrike Amalie (b. Coburg, 19 October 1753 – d. Coburg, 1 October 1829), a nun at Gandersheim. # Ludwig Karl Frederick (b. Coburg, 2 January 1755 – d. Coburg, 4 May 1806); he had an illegitimate son by Mademoiselle Brutel de la Rivière: ''Ludwig Frederick Emil von Coburg (b. Hildburghausen, 1779 - d. Coburg, 1827)''. In turn, the five children of Ludwig Frederick were created ''Freiherren von Coburg''. His descendants are still alive. # Ferdinand August Heinrich (b. Coburg, 12 April 1756 – d. Coburg, 8 July 1758). # Frederick (b. Coburg, 4 March 1758 – d. Coburg, 26 June 1758).

Ancestry

References

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

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB; ) 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 Academy of Sciences between 1875 and 1912 in 56 volumes, printed in Lei ...

'' (ADB). Band 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, S. 317. * ''Das herzogliche Haus Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha: Seine Geschichte und gegenwärtige Stellung in Europa'', C. Macklot, 1842, S. 236
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