Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | |||||
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Born |
Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil |
6 December 1867||||
Died | 11 October 1922 Schladming, Austria |
(aged 54)||||
Burial | St. Augustin, Coburg | ||||
Spouse | Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria | ||||
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House | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry | ||||
Father | Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
Mother | Princess Leopoldina of Brazil | ||||
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Full name | |
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August Leopold Philipp Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga |
Styles of Prince Augusto Leopoldo |
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Reference style | His Highness |
Spoken style | Your Highness |
Alternative style | Sir |
Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (December 6, 1867 – October 11, 1922), known in Brazil as Dom Augusto Leopoldo, was a prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry and a Prince of the Empire of Brazil. He was the second of four sons born to German Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Leopoldina of Brazil.
Second grandson of the Emperor Pedro II, the prince was, for some years between the presumptive heirs to the Imperial Crown of Brazil. Their descendants form, at the moment, the called Saxe-Coburg and Braganza branch of the Imperial House of Brazil.
Born Prince August Leopold Philipp Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duke in Saxony, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he was the second son of Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Leopoldina of Braganza, Princess of Brazil. His paternal grandparents were Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Clémentine of Orléans (daughter of King Louis Philippe I of France) and his maternal grandparents were Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and Empress Teresa Cristina (daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies). His elder brother was Prince Pedro Augusto of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; his two younger brothers were Prince Joseph and Ludwig Gaston.