HRH Duke Carl Eduard of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland
✶ 19 July 1884 at Claremont House at Esher, England
✟ 6 March 1954 in Coburg
Appointed
The Royal Palace of Stockholm 20 October 1932
motto
Fideliter et constanter (Faithful and steadfast)
shield
Painted 1933 by David Friefeldt. Date of death added 1954 by the same artist.
other awards
None
Biography
Son of Prince Leopold of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Albany. Duke of Albany 1884-1919. Succeeded his uncle Alfred as Duke of Saxony-Coburg and Gotha 1900.
Came of age 1905
Abdicated 1918
Father of Princess Sibylla of Sweden, mother to King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
Received the order at his daughter’s wedding with Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten.
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