duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
From Warlike
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, was an Ernestine duchy in Thuringia ruled by a branch of the House of Wettin, consisting of territories in the present-day states of Thuringia and Bavaria in Germany. It lasted from 1826 to 1918. In November 1918, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was forced to abdicate. In 1920, the northern part of the duchy was merged with six other Thuringian free states to form the Free State of Thuringia: Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Saxe-Altenburg and Saxe-Meiningen, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, as well as the People's State of Reuss. The southern part of the duchy, as southernmost of the Thuringian states, was the only one which, after a referendum, became part of the Free State of Bavaria.
Group photograph taken at Government house, Calcutta, India. December 1869. With Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Lord Mayo, Viceroy and governor general of India from 1869-1872.
Tabula Geographica Principatus Gotha, Coburg, Altenburg 1729 - In qua Serenissimi Principis Friderici Duc. Sax. Juliae, Cliviae et Montium, nec non Angariae et Westphaliae Principatus Gotha, Coburg Et Altenburg cum... - btv1b10678698t







