List of heirs to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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In the redistribution of land among the Ernestine duchies that followed the death of Frederick IV, the last duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, on 11 February 1825, the late duke's nephew-in-law, Duke Ernst III of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, received Gotha, while he ceded Saalfeld to the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. On 12 November 1826 he thus became Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha remained in personal union until 1852, when a political union was effected.
This article is a list of those men who were heir-apparent or heir-presumptive to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1826 until the abolition of the monarchy on 14 November 1918.
| Person | Name | Status | Relation | Became Hereditary Prince |
Reason | Ceased to be Hereditary Prince |
Reason | Next in succession, relation to heir |
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Hereditary Prince Ernest | Heir apparent | Eldest son | 12 November 1826 | Father acceded to throne | 29 January 1844 | Acceded to throne as Ernest II | Prince Albert, brother |
Heirs to Ernest II, 1844–1893
| Person | Name | Status | Relation | Became Hereditary Prince |
Reason | Ceased to be Hereditary Prince |
Reason | Next in succession, relation to heir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Albert, Prince Consort | Heir presumptive | Younger brother | 29 July 1844 | Elder brother acceded to throne | 14 December 1861 | Died | Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, son |
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Albert Edward, Prince of Wales | Nephew | 14 December 1861 | Father died | 19 April 1863 | Renounced succession rights | Prince Alfred, brother | |
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Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh | 19 April 1863 | Elder brother renounced succession rights | 22 August 1893 | Acceded to throne as Alfred I | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 1863–1874, brother | ||
| Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, 1874–1893, son | ||||||||
