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Hubertus, Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg and Gotha

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Mother
  
Carin Dabelstein

Name
  
Hubertus, Prince

Children
  
Princess Katharina



Born
  
16 September 1975 (age 48) Hamburg, Germany (
1975-09-16
)

Issue
  
Princess Katharina Prince Philipp

Father
  
Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Spouse
  
Kelly Rondestvedt (m. 2009)

Parents
  
Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

House
  
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Grandparents
  
Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth, Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Similar People
  
Andreas - Prince of Saxe‑Co, Friedrich Josias - Prince of, Countess Viktoria‑Luise of Solms

Hubertus Michael, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony (born 16 September 1975) is the heir of the head of the family which ruled the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha until 1918.

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Early life

Hubertus was born on 16 September 1975 in Hamburg, the elder son of Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and of his wife, Carin Dabelstein. He studied Law at the University of Würzburg from 1997 to 1999. He attended the London School of Economics from 1999 to 2000 and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from 2000 to 2003.

Career

Hubertus worked as a lawyer for a bank in New York specialising in wealth management. At the beginning of 2012 he moved back from New York to Coburg where he is on the board of the family foundation - the Stiftung der Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha'schen Familie.

Marriage

Hubertus married American investment banker Kelly Jeanne Rondestvedt (b. Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, 10 January 1975) civilly on 21 May 2009 in Coburg and religiously on 23 May 2009 at Schloss Callenberg in Coburg. She is the daughter of Norwegian American Christian Robert Rondestvedt (1950/1951), Captain United States Navy, and his wife (San Diego, San Diego County, California, 7 April 1973) English American Cheryl Ann Forbes (San Diego, San Diego County, California, 6 February 1951), a teacher, daughter of George Thomas Forbes, Jr. (Brooklyn, New York, 1921 - La Jolla, San Diego County, California, 6 Dec 2011) and wife Jeanne Oncley (c. 1925).

Hubertus and Kelly have three children:

  • Princess Katharina Victoria Elizabeth Cheryl of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was born on 30 April 2014 in Coburg and was baptized on 14 September 2014 at Schloss Callenberg. Her godparents are: Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria, Countess Katharina of Faber-Castell and Prince Konstantin-Assen of Bulgaria.
  • Prince Philipp Hubertus Andreas Christian of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was born on 15 July 2015 in Munich. Prince Philipp was baptized on 14 November 2015 at Schloss Callenberg. His godparents are: King Philippe of Belgium, Countess Alexandra von Schönborn, Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Baden, Prince Carl von Wrede and Carina Axelsson.
  • Princess Madeleine Aurelia Viktoria Carin of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 22 February 2017 in Munich and was baptized on 2 July 2017 at Schloss Callenberg. Her godparents are: Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, Princess Anna of Bavaria, Alexandra-Nadejda Chrobok Raposo de Magalhães, Countess Clémence von der Schulenburg and Count Benedikt von Abensperg und Traun.
  • Honours

  • House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Knight Grand Cross of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Ernestine House Order
  • References

    Hubertus, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Wikipedia