Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800–1831)
Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ; was the wife of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and the mother of Duke Ernst II and Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria.
Posthumous painting by William Corden the Elder, 1844.
Princess Louise with her two sons Ernst (right) and Albert, shortly before her exile from court in 1824.
Residence of the Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg in Sankt Wendel
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Ernest I served as the last sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld from 1806 to 1826 and the first sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1826 to 1844. He was the father of Prince Albert, who was the husband of Queen Victoria. Ernest fought against Napoleon Bonaparte, and through construction projects and the establishment of a court theatre, he left a strong imprint on his residence town, Coburg.
Portrait by George Dawe (c. 1819)