Ernest I Duke of Saxe-Gotha Biography

Ernest I called Ernest the Pious (Altenburg 25 December 1601 – Schloss Friedenstein Gotha 26 March 1675) was a duke of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg. The duchies were later merged into Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.He was the ninth but sixth surviving son of John II Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Dorothea Maria of Anhalt. His mother was a granddaughter of Christoph Duke of Württemberg and great-granddaughter of Ulrich Duke of Württemberg.