Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Philipp
Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry
Duke in Saxony
Spouse Louise-Marie
Issue
Leopold Clement
Dorothea
Full name
Ferdinand Philipp Maria August Raphael
House House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
House of Koháry
Father August
Mother Clémentine of Orléans
Born 28 March 1844(1844-03-28)
Paris
Died 3 July 1921(1921-07-03) (aged 77)
Coburg

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.

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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:

Ancestry

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