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'Ernst II August Karl Johannes Leopold Alexander Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha' (b. Coburg, June 21, 1818 - d. Reinhardsbrunn, August 22, 1893) was the second sovereign duke of the German duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
He was the eldest son of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. He was also the older brother of Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria.
He married Alexandrine of Baden in Karlsruhe on 3 May 1842 but the marriage did not produce any children.
In 1844 Ernst succeeded his father to the duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
He died without any heirs and was succeeded by his nephew Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, his brother's second son. (Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Ernst's eldest nephew, had renounced his claims to the duchy.)
The Duke had a reputation for being a strong friend of the United States, as did his brother Albert. He was, however, the only European sovereign to appoint a consul to the Confederate States of America.[1]
The Duke was also an amateur composer; his opera ''Diana von Solange'' was given to dismal reviews at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1890.

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'Ernst II's ancestors in three generations'

'Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha'	'Father:' Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha	'Paternal Grandfather:' Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld	'Paternal Great-grandfather:' Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
			'Paternal Great-grandmother:' Duchess Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
		'Paternal Grandmother:' Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf	'Paternal Great-grandfather:' Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf
			'Paternal Great-grandmother:' Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg
	'Mother:' Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg	'Maternal Grandfather:' Emil, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg	'Maternal Great-grandfather:' Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
			'Maternal Great-grandmother:' Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen
		'Maternal Grandmother:' Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	'Maternal Great-grandfather:' Friedrich Franz I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
			'Maternal Great-grandmother:' Louise von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg