Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Infobox British Royalty|highness
name =Prince Hubertus
title =Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
full name =Dietmar Hubert Frederick William Philip
_de. Dietmar Hubertus Friedrich Wilhelm Philipp [http://www.thepeerage.com/p10858.htm#i108576 thePeerage.com – Dietmar Hubertus Friedrich Wilhelm Philip Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha] ]
titles ="HH" Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
royal house =House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
father =Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
mother =Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein
date of birth =birth date|1909|8|24|df=y
place of birth =Reinhardsbrunn Castle, Germany
date of death =death date and age|1943|11|26|1909|8|24|df=y
place of death =Mosty, Russia|

Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 24, 1909 – November 26, 1943) was a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the second eldest son of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife, Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein.

Early life

"Prince Hubertus" was born at Reinhardsbrunn Castle, Germany. His father, Charles Edward, was the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the only son of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, and a grandson of Queen Victoria. Hubertus, thus, held the title of a Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and a Prince of the United Kingdom, with the style "His Highness" as a great-grandchild of the British monarch.

Deprivation

In 1917, George V passed letters patent removing the title of Prince and Princess and the style "Highness" for all great-grandchildren of a British monarch, thus depriving Hubertus of his British titles. On top of this, at the end of World War I, his father was forced to abdicate as Duke and become a private citizen.

Later life

Prince Hubertus joined the German Army, and saw action in the Eastern Front during World War II. He was killed in action on 26 November 1943, aged 34, in Mosty, Russia.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

*24 August 1909–26 November 1943: "His Highness" Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Ancestry

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1= 1. Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
2= 2. Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
3= 3. Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
4= 4. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
5= 5. Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont
6= 6. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
7= 7. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
8= 8. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
9= 9. Victoria of the United Kingdom
10= 10. Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
11= 11. Princess Helene Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg
12= 12. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
13= 13. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
14= 14. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
15= 15. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
16= 16. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
17= 17. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
18= 18. Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
19= 19. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
20= 20. Georg II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
21= 21. Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
22= 22. Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau
23= 23. Princess Pauline of Württemberg
24= 24. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
25= 25. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
26= 26. Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
27= 27. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont
28= 28. Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
29= 29. Countess Lovisa Sophie of Danneskjold-Samsöe
30= 30. Ernst, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
31= 31. Princess Feodora of Leiningen

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