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- Birth nameLeopold Charles Edward George Albert
- Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Charles Edward was born on July 19, 1884 in Esher, Surrey, England, UK. He was married to Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein. He died on March 6, 1954 in Coburg, Bavaria, West Germany.
- SpousePrincess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein(October 11, 1905 - March 6, 1954) (his death, 5 children)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesQueen Victoria(Grandparent)Prince Albert(Grandparent)Duke of Kent and Strathearn Prince Edward(Great Grandparent)Duchess of Kent and Strathearn(Great Grandparent)Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg(Grandchild)Princess Henry of Battenberg(Aunt or Uncle)Queen Wilhelmina(Cousin)Queen Emma of the Netherlands(Aunt or Uncle)King George V(Cousin)Prince Albert Victor(Cousin)Princess Louise(Cousin)Dronning Maud(Cousin)Queen Victoria Eugenia(Cousin)King Edward VII(Aunt or Uncle)Princess Royal Victoria(Aunt or Uncle)Kaiser Wilhelm II(Cousin)Princess Charlotte of Prussia(Cousin)Prince Henry of Prussia(Cousin)Princess Irene of Prussia(Cousin)Grand Duchess Alice(Aunt or Uncle)Victoria Mountbatten(Cousin)Elizabeth Feodorovna(Cousin)Ernest Louis(Cousin)Tsarina Alexandra(Cousin)Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Alfred(Aunt or Uncle)Queen Marie of Romania(Cousin)Helena of Schleswig-Holstein(Aunt or Uncle)Duchess of Argyll Princess Louise(Aunt or Uncle)Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught(Aunt or Uncle)Princess Margaret of Connaught(Cousin)Margareta von Schweden(Grandchild)Princess Birgitta of Sweden(Grandchild)Carl Prinz von Hohenzollern(Great Grandchild)Hubertus von Hohenzollern(Great Grandchild)Prinsessan Desirée(Grandchild)Christina Magnuson(Grandchild)King Carl XVI Gustaf(Grandchild)Kronprinsessan Victoria(Great Grandchild)Prins Carl Philip(Great Grandchild)Prinsessan Madeleine(Great Grandchild)Princess Patricia of Connaught(Cousin)Princess Alice(Sibling)Hubertus Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha(Great Grandchild)
- His younger daughter, Princess Caroline Mathilde claimed that her father had sexually abused her. The allegation was backed by one of her brothers.
- He met Adolf Hitler for the first time on 14 October 1922 (at the Nazis' second Deutscher Tag [de] held at Coburg). In 1923, he joined the Bund Wiking [de] as Oberbereichsleiter in Thuringia. When the Wiking joined Der Stahlhelm, Charles Edward became a member of the Stahlhelm's national board.
- Under the terms of that act, an Order in Council on 28 March 1919 formally removed Charles Edward's British peerages. He and his children also lost their entitlement to the titles of Prince and Princess of the United Kingdom and the styles Royal Highness and Highness. Nevertheless, they retained the style of Highness as members of a sovereign ducal house in Germany.
- His education began under the tutelage of "Miss Potts" at Claremont, then he went to prep school, firstly at Sandroyd School and then "at Lyndhurst under the care of Mr W. F. Rawnsley, which was a very happy period of Charlie's life." According to his sister, after Lyndhurst he went to Eton, where he was in Arthur Benson's House.
- On 14 November 1918, after the revolution, Charles Edward was forced to abdicate as Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and lost his rights to the ducal throne.
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