Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
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| Frederick IV | |
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| Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |
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| Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | |
| Reign | 1822–1825 |
| Predecessor | Augustus |
| Successor | Dissolution Ernst III of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Frederick of Saxe-Altenburg |
| Born | 28 November 1774 Gotha |
| Died | 11 February 1825 (aged 50) Gotha |
| House | House of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
| Father | Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
| Mother | Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen |
Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (Gotha, 28 November 1774 – Gotha, 11 February 1825), was the last duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
He was the third but second surviving son of Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Charlotte de Saxe-Meiningen.
After the death of his older brother August without sons (1822), Frederick (the only surviving male of the house) inherited the duchy of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.
Frederick fought - after military training - in the Napoleonic campaigns and was heavily wounded. As a consequence of these injuries, he was constantly ill until his death. Because of his illness, he traveled for a long time seeking a cure. During these stays outside of his duchy, he left the government in hands of his secret advisor Bernhard August von Lindenau.
He only reigned three years and died unmarried; with him, the line of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ended. After his death, his lands were repartitioned among his Wettin relations. Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld received Gotha, and changed his title to Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, although the two duchies remained technically separate in a personal union. Altenburg was thereafter ruled by the Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, whose dukedom was transferred to Saxe-Meiningen along with Saxe-Saalfeld, which Saxe-Coburg gave up in return for receiving Saxe-Gotha.
Ancestors
| Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | Father: Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
Paternal Grandfather: Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst | |||
| Paternal Grandmother: Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | ||
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha | |||
| Mother: Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen |
Maternal Grandfather: Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen | |
| Maternal Great-grandmother: Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |||
| Maternal Grandmother: Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal | ||
| Maternal Great-grandmother: Caroline Christine of Saxe-Eisenach |
References
- August Beck: Friedrich IV., Herzog von Sachsen-Gotha und Altenburg. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, S. 6 f.
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