Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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Prince Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha with his wife Mathilde of Bavaria , 1900. Here the prince wears the star of the Grand Cross of the Saxon-Ernestine House Order
Ludwig Gaston with his wife Mathilde and their son Antonius, ca.1901

Ludwig Gaston Clemens Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born September 15, 1870 in Ebenthal (Lower Austria) , Ebenthal Castle ; † January 23, 1942 in Innsbruck ) was a prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from the Catholic sidelines Koháry , Austrian officer and son-in-law of King Ludwig III. of Bavaria .

Life

Ludwig Gaston was the youngest of four sons of Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1845-1907), from his marriage to the Infanta Leopoldina of Brazil , daughter of Emperor Peter II of Brazil . The prince was born at Ebenthal Castle, ancestral seat of his Coburg branch of the Koháry family, and grew up in Brazil, where his imperial grandfather still ruled at the time. In 1889, when the Brazilian monarchy was overthrown , Ludwig Gaston and his family fled to Europe.

He entered the Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt , which he successfully completed in 1892. He was then transferred as a lieutenant to the 4th Tyrolean Kaiserjäger Regiment in Lienz . On May 1, 1896, the prince received the rank of first lieutenant , on March 29, 1900, he moved to the 1st Tyrolean Kaiserjäger Regiment in Innsbruck and on May 1, 1903, Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was promoted to captain .

On May 1, 1900, he married Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (1877-1906), the daughter of the then Bavarian heir to the throne and later King Ludwig III. from Bavaria. At that time, the Kingdom of Bavaria was still ruled by his father, Prince Regent Luitpold , who also organized the young couple's wedding. Princess Mathilde was his favorite granddaughter. She died as early as 1906 of a lung disease in Davos, Switzerland, and left her husband with two small children.

He left the Austro-Hungarian Army on February 8, 1907 , and married Countess Maria Anna von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (1873–1948) on November 30, 1907, the daughter of Prince Karl Johann Nepomuk Ferdinand von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (1845–1921) and now lived as a private citizen and father of a family. With his second wife, Prince Ludwig Gaston had another daughter. He died in Innsbruck in 1942 and was buried in the so-called Koháry crypt of the St. Augustin church in Coburg .

Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the owner of the Grand Cross of the Saxon-Ernestine House Order .

His daughter from his first marriage, Maria Immaculata von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha (1904–1940), was heavily involved in the Catholic Church and initiated the “Prayer Community for the Support of the Priestly Profession ” in German-speaking countries , from which the papal work for spiritual professions arises developed.

The prince's brother, August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1867–1922), was considered a pretender to the throne by the Brazilian monarchists.

progeny

Two children emerged from her marriage to Mathilde von Bayern:

  • Antonius (born June 17, 1901 in Innsbruck, † September 1, 1970 in Haar)
⚭ May 14, 1938 Luise Marie Mayrhofer, without children
  • Maria Immaculata (born September 10, 1904 in Innsbruck, † March 18, 1940 in Varese), unmarried.

Antonius is buried in the cemetery of the Starnberg district of Rieden, which belongs to the St. Peter and Paul branch church.

From the connection with Maria Anna Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg he had a daughter:

  • Josephine Maria Anna (born September 20, 1911 in Steyr; † November 27, 1997)
⚭ May 12, 1937 Richard Friedrich Baron von Baratta-Dragano; divorced on February 23, 1945, two children as descendants.

literature

  • Harald Sandner: The House of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha 1826 to 2001; Documentation on the 175th anniversary of the parent company in words and pictures Druck- und Verlagsanstalt Neue Presse, Coburg 2001, ISBN 3-00-008525-4
  • Martha Schad : Bayerns Königinnen , Pustet Verlag, Regensburg, 1992, pages 287–288, ISBN 3-7917-1341-8
  • Marie von Redwitz : Court Chronicle 1888–1921 , Munich 1924, page 287
  • Die Woche , No. 20, of May 19, 1900, pages 848 and 850, report on the wedding in Munich, with a large photo

Web links

Commons : Ludwig Gaston von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Broucek Peter Broucek: A general in the twilight: The memories of Edmund Glaises von Horstenau , Böhlau Verlag, Vienna, 1980, ISBN 3-205-08740-2 , page 142, footnote 6; Scan from the source
  2. ↑ Baptisms - duplicates 1911 - 106/1911 | Steyr - City Parade | Linz, rk. Diocese (Upper Austria) | Austria | Matricula Online. Retrieved June 21, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ludwig Gaston Clemens of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Austrian officer, holder of the Grand Cross of the Saxon-Ernestine House Order
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Ebenthal
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1942
Place of death innsbruck