Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Philipp (28 March 1844, Paris – 3 July 1921, Coburg) was the second prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry and lord of Csábrág and Szitnya, both in modern-day Slovakia.

Early life

Born Ferdinand Philipp Maria August Raphael of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, Philipp was the eldest son of August, prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Clémentine of Orléans, and an elder brother of Ferdinand, tsar of Bulgaria.

Marriage and issue

In Brussels on 4 February/4 May 1875, Philipp married Louise-Marie, princess of Belgium, his second cousin, daughter of Leopold II, king of the Belgians and grand-daughter of Leopold I, king of the Belgians, brother of Philipp's grandfather Ferdinand).

The marriage ended in divorce in Gotha, on 15 January 1906, because Louise-Marie had an extramarital liaison for many years.

They had two children:

• Leopold Clement Philipp August Maria (19 July 1878, Szent-Antal, Hungary - 27 April 1916, Vienna); he died when a prostitute flung acid in his face.
• Dorothea Maria Henriette Auguste Louise (30 April 1881, Vienna - 21 January 1967, Taxis, Württemberg), married on 2 August 1898 to Ernst Günther, duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

Ancestry

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