Baron Franz Xaver von Zach was a Hungarian astronomer born at Pest, Hungary.
Franz Xaver von Zach
L'attraction des montagnes, 1814
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg was the reigning Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg from 1772 to 1804. He was the third but second surviving son of Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen. The death of his older brother Frederick in 1756 made him the heir to the duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
Portrait by Johann Jonas Michael, c. 1775