Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1774

Place of Birth: Gotha, Thuringia, Germany

Date of Death: 11-Feb-1825

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.



Alternative names	Christian Gottlieb Schick; schick
Description	German painter
Date of birth/death	15 August 1776	7 May 1812
Location of birth/death	Stuttgart	Stuttgart
Work location	Paris, Rom, Stuttgart
Authority control	: Q569354 VIAF: 59879601 ISNI: 0000 0000 6677 9863 ULAN: 500017002 LCCN: nr99032762 WGA: SCHICK, Christian Gottlieb WorldCat