Later years Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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an equestrian statue of ernest in hofgarten, coburg. in 1850s, ernest dramatically transformed hofgarten english landscape garden. opened on 27 april 1857 public. statue constructed in 1899 in order commemorate ernest s contributions.


later in reign, ernest s actions managed continually anger sister-in-law. though victoria loved ernest because albert s brother, displeased ernest writing memoirs, worrying contents in regard dead husband. despite disputes, ernest still met victoria , family occasionally. in 1891, met in france; victoria s lady-in-waiting commented old duke of saxe-coburg-gotha has been here today wife. prince consort s brother , awful looking man, queen dislikes him particularly. writing anonymous pamphlets against queen , empress frederick, naturally creates great deal of annoyance in family .


throughout reign, ernest had been known extravagance , womanizing; grew older, ernest enjoyed gossip , thoroughly disreputable old roué enjoyed outrage provoked actions , leading vicky declare uncle own enemy . behavior , manner of dress increasingly became joke younger generations. great-niece marie of edinburgh later describe ernest old beau, squeezed frock-coat tight bulk , uncomfortably pinched in @ waist , sporting top hat, lemon coloured gloves, , rosebud in lapel . put on weight , though on paper wealth large, still in debt.


an excellent musician , amateur composer life, ernest great patron of arts , sciences in coburg, giving awards , titles members of artistic , scientific world, such paul kalisch, german opera singer , english chemist william ernest bush. ernest composed songs, hymns, , cantatas, musical pieces opera , stage, including die gräberinsel (1842), tony, oder die vergeltung (1849), casilda (1851), santa chiara (1854), , zaïre, met success in germany. draw , play piano. 1 of operas, diana von solange (1858), prompted franz liszt following year write orchestral festmarsch nach motiven von e. h. z. s.-c.-g., s.116 (e. h. z. s.-c.-g. short ernst herzog zu sachsen-coburg-gotha). however, production @ metropolitan opera in new york city in 1890 inspired dismal reviews, 1 spectator commenting music rubbish . ernest avid hunter , sportsman; 1 contemporary remarked 1 of foremost , keenest sportsman produced present century . in addition, ernest enthusiastic patron of connected natural history, instance traveling abyssinia german zoologist alfred brehm in 1862.


ernest ii died @ reinhardsbrunn on 22 august 1893 after short illness. lifelong sportsman, last words apparently let drive commence! funeral held in morizkirche in coburg; thousands of spectators came funeral, including emperor wilhelm ii , prince of wales. buried in ducal mausoleum in friedhof glockenberg (de) himself had built in 1853–58.


ernest succeeded nephew prince alfred, duke of edinburgh.








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