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After Heinrich Justus Schneider (German, 1811-1884) Portrait miniature of His Serene Highness Ernest the Pious, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601-1675), head and shoulders watercolour, oval 14 x 9cm (5 x 4in)
Ernest the Pious was an ancestor of HRH Prince Albert of Saxe-Gotha. Duke Ernest I of Saxe-Gotha (1601-1675) was the founder of the line of the Dukes of Gotha. In the late 17th Century his sons founded the Duchies of Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Hildburghausen and Saxe-Saalfeld. In 1643 he instigated the construction of the Ducal residence, Castle Friedenstein, completed in 1654. The Duke is the subject of many engraved portraits in the Royal Collection.

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