Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Christian Ernest II
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Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Reign	17 February 1729 – 4 September 1745
Predecessor	John Ernest
Successor	Francis Josias
Born	(1683-08-18)18 August 1683 Saalfeld
Died	Saalfeld
Spouse	Christiane Fredericka of Koss
House	House of Wettin
Father	John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Mother	Sophia Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg
Religion	Lutheranism

Christian Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Saalfeld, 18 August 1683 – Saalfeld, 4 September 1745), was a duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

Life

He was the oldest surviving son of Johann Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and his first wife, Sophia Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg.

In Naitschau on 18 August 1724, Christian Ernst married unequally with Christiane Fredericka of Koss; for this, his younger half-brother Franz Josias reclaimed the full succession of the duchy. His father, the duke Johann Ernst, determined the common government of the brothers with indivisibility of the duchy upon his death, in 1729. Christian Ernst make his residence in Saalfeld and Franz Josias moved into the Veste Coburg.

The double government make soon impossible and this force the settlement of the "Coburg Eisenberg Roemhilder of Hereditary Controversy", whereby Christian Ernst received Coburg, Rodach, Mönchröden and half Neuhaus. Christian Ernst died childless and all his inheritance has taken by his half-brother, Franz Josias.

Ancestors

Family of Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

16. Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar               8. John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar                       17. Dorothea Susanne of Simmern               4. Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg                             18. Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt               9. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt                       19. Eleonore of Württemberg               2. John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld                                   20. Frederick William I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar               10. John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg                       21. Anna Maria of the Palatinate-Neuburg               5. Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg                             22. Heinrich Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel               11. Elisabeth of Brünswick-Wolfenbüttel                       23. Elisabeth of Denmark               1. Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeldh                                         24. Christian I, Elector of Saxony               12. John George I, Elector of Saxony                       25. Sophie of Brandenburg               6. Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg                             26. Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia               13. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia                       27. Marie Eleonore of Cleves               3. Sophia Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg                                   28. John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg               14. Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg                       29. Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen               7. Christiane of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg                             30. Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg               15. Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg                       31. Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg

References

• August Beck: Christian Ernst, Herzog zu Sachsen-Saalfeld. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, S. 180.

Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld House of Wettin Born: 18 August 1683 Died: 4 September 1745
Regnal titles
Preceded by John Ernest IV	Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1729–1745	Succeeded by Francis Josias