Charles Edward, Duke of Albany, at age 16, became Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He inherited the Ducal throne from his Uncle Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
WWI saw the Prince supporting his first cousin, Emperor Wilhelm II. During the war he was given the position General. Due to his support of Germany, he was stripted of his British titles and honours by his cousin King George V.
In 1935, Carl having lost the Ducal throne of Gotha in 1918, joined the Nazi party. The end of the war saw Carl imprisoned for his Nazi sympathies. Before his fall from grace he was Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Albany, Duke of Julich, Cleves and Berg of Angria and Westphalia.∼Carl Eduard Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha(getauft als Leopold Charles Edward George Albert, * 19. Juli 1884 in Claremont House, Esher; † 6. März 1954 in Coburg) war von 1900 bis 1918 (bis 1905 unter Regentschaft) der letzte regierende Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha aus dem gleichnamigen Fürstenhaus. Geboren wurde der Enkel der britischen Königin Victoriaals Duke of Albany und Prinz von Großbritannien und Irland. Zwischen 1933 und 1945 war er unter anderem Präsident des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes und Obergruppenführer der SA sowie des NSFK.
Charles Edward, Duke of Albany, at age 16, became Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He inherited the Ducal throne from his Uncle Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
WWI saw the Prince supporting his first cousin, Emperor Wilhelm II. During the war he was given the position General. Due to his support of Germany, he was stripted of his British titles and honours by his cousin King George V.
In 1935, Carl having lost the Ducal throne of Gotha in 1918, joined the Nazi party. The end of the war saw Carl imprisoned for his Nazi sympathies. Before his fall from grace he was Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Albany, Duke of Julich, Cleves and Berg of Angria and Westphalia.∼Carl Eduard Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha(getauft als Leopold Charles Edward George Albert, * 19. Juli 1884 in Claremont House, Esher; † 6. März 1954 in Coburg) war von 1900 bis 1918 (bis 1905 unter Regentschaft) der letzte regierende Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha aus dem gleichnamigen Fürstenhaus. Geboren wurde der Enkel der britischen Königin Victoriaals Duke of Albany und Prinz von Großbritannien und Irland. Zwischen 1933 und 1945 war er unter anderem Präsident des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes und Obergruppenführer der SA sowie des NSFK.
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