Leopold Clemens of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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Prince Leopold Clemens of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, before 1916

Leopold Clemens Philipp August Maria von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha (born July 19, 1878 in Szent-Antal, Hungary , now Svätý Anton , Slovakia ; † April 27, 1916 in Vienna ) was a prince from the Catholic line Sachsen-Coburg-Koháry .

Life

Leopold Clemens was the only son of Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844–1921) and Louise, b. Princess of Belgium (1858–1924), 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 . He was intended to be the heir to the great Hungarian Koháry estate. This should have made him one of the most important magnates in Hungary .

He was a lieutenant in the Kuk Hussar Regiment "Graf Nádasdy" No. 9 .

The circumstances of his death caused a sensation all over Europe. On October 17, 1915, Leopold Clemens met his lover Kamilla Rybiczka ( also Rybicka ) in Vienna . The bourgeois Rybiczka demanded that Leopold Clemens marry, but under pressure from his family he was not allowed to enter into an improper marriage. That day he wanted to part with her and reassure her with a high financial settlement. Rybiczka shot Leopold Clemens five times and poured a bottle of sulfuric acid over his face . Then she shot herself. Leopold Clemens survived the attack seriously injured. The acid in particular had seriously injured his face and head, and he had lost an eye from the attack. During an operation to restore his eyesight, complications arose which led to the death of Leopold Clemens.

Leopold Clemens was buried in the so-called Koháry crypt of the St. Augustin church in Coburg .

literature

  • Harald Sandner: The House of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha 1826 to 2001. A documentation for the 175th anniversary of the parent company in words and pictures . Coburg: Verlagsanstalt Neue Presse 2001, ISBN 3-00-008525-4 , pp. 317-320.
  • Adolf von Deitenhofen: Foreign princes in the Habsburg army 1848–1898 . In self-publishing. Vienna 1898, p. 659. ( digitized version )
  • Werner Sabitzer: The Councilor's Daughter and the Prince [in:] Public Safety , 11–12 / 2015, pp. 43–44.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
  2. ↑ Adolf von Deitenhofen: foreign prince in the Habsburg army 1848-1898 , the self-publishers, 1898, p 659th
  3. ↑ See Sabitzer, The Daughter of the Court Councilor.
personal data
SURNAME Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Leopold Clemens von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Leopold Clemens Philipp August Maria von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Svätý Anton , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1916
Place of death Vienna