Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Christian Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Saalfeld, 18 August 1683 – Saalfeld, 4 September 1745), was a duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

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Christian Ernest II

Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Reign	17 February 1729 – 4 September 1745
Predecessor	John Ernest
Successor	Francis Josias

Born	(1683-08-18)18 August 1683 Saalfeld
Died	4 September 1745(1745-09-04) (aged 62) Saalfeld
Spouse	Christiane Fredericka of Koss
House	Wettin
Father	John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Mother	Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg
Religion	Lutheranism

He was the oldest surviving son of Johann Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and his first wife, Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg.

In Naitschau on 18 August 1724, Christian Ernst married unequally with Christiane Fredericka of Koss; for this, his younger half-brother Franz Josias reclaimed the full succession of the duchy. His father, the duke Johann Ernst, determined the common government of the brothers with indivisibility of the duchy upon his death, in 1729. Christian Ernst made his residence in Saalfeld and Franz Josias moved into the Veste Coburg.

The double government soon proved impossible, and this forced the settlement of the "Coburg Eisenberg Roemhilder of Hereditary Controversy", whereby Christian Ernst received Coburg, Rodach, Mönchröden and half Neuhaus. Christian Ernst died childless and all his inheritance was taken by his half-brother, Franz Josias.

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Ancestors of Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

8. John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

4. Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg

9. Dorothea Maria of Anhalt

2. John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

10. John Philip, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

5. Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg

11. Elisabeth of Brünswick-Wolfenbüttel

1. Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeldh

12. John George I, Elector of Saxony

6. Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

13. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia

3. Sophia Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg

14. Philip, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

7. Christiane of Schleswig-Holstein-Glücksburg

15. Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Lauenburg

August Beck: Christian Ernst, Herzog zu Sachsen-Saalfeld. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, S. 180.

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Regnal titles
Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld House of Wettin Born: 18 August 1683 Died: 4 September 1745
Preceded by John Ernest IV	Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1729–1745	Succeeded by Francis Josias