SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA

one of a cro > | of four Saxon Duchies, sovereign states. 3} Central Germany. Saxe-Altenburg, Sax i | Me in in gen, antl Saxye-Weimar are t e | sister states. The sovereign houses bos a common Saxon origin and are united | {| family bonds. The Prince Consort w Bia second son of the house of Sax,} Coburg, but as his elder brother di. | childle , the succe ion pa ed to t {| Prince Consort's second son, the Du of Edinburgh. On his death the thro ©} was occupied by bis nephew, Leopo! J} Duke of Albany. Aa the Duchy cons is + | of two detached portions there are ty $i capitals. Coburg and Gotha. 1] [s. 271]