Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Dorothea Maria Henriette Auguste Louise of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha ( born April 30, 1881 in Vienna, † January 21, 1967 at Schloss Taxis in Dischingen, Baden- Württemberg) was a Princess of Saxe -Coburg and Gotha and Duchess of Saxony. She married in 1898 in Coburg Ernst Günther Duke of Schleswig -Holstein.

Life

Dorothea was a daughter of Philip, Prince of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha and Louise -Marie, Princess of Belgium, daughter of King Leopold II of Belgium and sister of Crown Princess Stephanie, Archduchess of Austria, wife of Crown Prince Rudolf, son of Emperor Franz Joseph I. , and Empress Elisabeth.

Had Dorothea of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha not a good relationship with her mother Princess Louise of Belgium. This had caused a great stir in 1900 when she began a relationship with her equerry, anywhere in Europe ran up debts. She was later declared insane and locked up in an institution. She died in 1924 impoverished in Wiesbaden.

Dorothea and Ernst Gunther had no children. In 1920 they adopted Princess Marie Louise ( 1908-1969 ) and Prince Johann Georg of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Glücksburg ( 1911-1941 ), son and daughter of Prince Albrecht of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Glücksburg and Countess Ortrud of Isenburg and Büdingen. Marie Louise and John George were great-grandson of Frederick, Duke of Schleswig -Holstein -Sonderburg- Glücksburg, an older brother of Christian IX. of Denmark.

She was buried in the so-called Koháry tomb of St. Augustine's church in Coburg.