# Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

> Born a British prince, grandson of Queen Victoria, he moved to Germany at 15 to rule a duchy he'd never seen. When the empire fell, he didn't retreat - he became a Nazi Party member, promoted eugenics, and ran the German Red Cross under the Third Reich.

*Last Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 to 1918, British prince and royal duke, Nazi politician (1884-1954)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/charles-edward-duke-of-saxe-coburg-and-gotha

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1884-07-19
- **Died:** 1954-03-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Charles Edward was born in Surrey in 1884, son of Prince Leopold and grandson of Queen Victoria. His father died before his birth. At 15, deemed young enough to be re-educated as German, he was sent to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to inherit a throne, guided by his cousin Wilhelm II. He ascended in 1900, married Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein in 1905, and had five children, including Sibylla, mother of Sweden's Carl XVI Gustaf. He sided with Germany in the First World War and lost both his duchy in the 1918 revolution and his British titles. Through the 1920s he backed violent far-right paramilitaries, joined the Nazi Party in 1933, promoted eugenicist ideas that justified mass murder of the disabled, and worked to sway British opinion toward Germany. After the Second World War he was interned, received a minor denazification conviction, and died of cancer in 1954.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 25.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9219417/ (@nm9219417)

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #20th Century

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160467)
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- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Charles%20Edward%2C%20Duke%20of%20Saxe-Coburg%20and%20Gotha)
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- [Carl Eduard af Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Eduard_af_Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha)
- [Carl Eduard (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Eduard_(Sachsen-Coburg_und_Gotha))
- [Κάρολος Εδουάρδος της Σαξονίας-Κοβούργου-Γόθας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%95%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%BE%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%85-%CE%93%CF%8C%CE%B8%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward%2C_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha)
- [Karlo Eduardo (Saksio-Koburgo kaj Gotao)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlo_Eduardo_(Saksio-Koburgo_kaj_Gotao))
- [Carlos Eduardo de Sajonia-Coburgo y Gotha](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Eduardo_de_Sajonia-Coburgo_y_Gotha)
- [Carl Eduard](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Eduard)
- [چارلز ادوارد، دوک ساکس کوبورگ و گوتا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%8C_%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%A9_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D9%88_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7)
- [Charles Edward](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward)
- [Charles-Édouard de Saxe-Cobourg et Gotha](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-%C3%89douard_de_Saxe-Cobourg_et_Gotha)
- [קרל אדוארד, דוכס סקסוניה-קובורג-גותה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%93%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93%2C_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A1_%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94-%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92-%D7%92%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%94)
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- [Charles Edward dari Saxe-Coburg dan Gotha](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward_dari_Saxe-Coburg_dan_Gotha)
- [Charles Edward, duc de Saxe-Coburg e Gotha](https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward%2C_duc_de_Saxe-Coburg_e_Gotha)
- [Carlo Edoardo di Sassonia-Coburgo-Gotha](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Edoardo_di_Sassonia-Coburgo-Gotha)
- [カール・エドゥアルト (ザクセン＝コーブルク＝ゴータ公)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88_(%E3%82%B6%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E5%85%AC))
- [카를 에두아르트 폰 작센코부르크고타 공작](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EB%A5%BC_%EC%97%90%EB%91%90%EC%95%84%EB%A5%B4%ED%8A%B8_%ED%8F%B0_%EC%9E%91%EC%84%BC%EC%BD%94%EB%B6%80%EB%A5%B4%ED%81%AC%EA%B3%A0%ED%83%80_%EA%B3%B5%EC%9E%91)
- [Karel Eduard van Saksen-Coburg en Gotha](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Eduard_van_Saksen-Coburg_en_Gotha)
- [Carl Eduard av Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Eduard_av_Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha)
- [Karol Edward z Saksonii-Coburga-Gothy](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol_Edward_z_Saksonii-Coburga-Gothy)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a7637dee-86dc-4b7e-a277-85cde43262eb)
- [Şahzadə Karl Edvard (Saksen-Koburq-Qota hersoqu)](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eahzad%C9%99_Karl_Edvard_(Saksen-Koburq-Qota_hersoqu))

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