Prince Ricardo De La Cerda
by Scott Mehl
© Unofficial Royalty 2025
Hubertus, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha became Head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and pretender to the formal ducal throne, upon his father’s death in 2025. Hubertus is the great-grandson of the last reigning Duke, Carl Eduard.
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Hubertus Michael, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born in Hamburg on September 16, 1975, the son of Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Carin Dabelstein. He has two siblings:
Soon after his birth, his family moved back to Coburg where Hubertus attended public school. He served for two years in the Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion before leaving to attend university. Hubertus attended the University of Wurzburg (1997-1999), the London School of Economics (1999) and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (2000-2003), earning a degree in law. He then worked for the Provincial Court of Appeals, and then a local law firm in Munich, before moving to New York City where he worked as a lawyer for Deutsche Bank for five years.
Two years after meeting in New York, Hubertus married Kelly Rondestvedt in a civil ceremony on May 21, 2009 at Callenberg Castle, followed by a large religious ceremony held on May 23, 2009 at Saint Moritz Church in Coburg. The couple have three children:
Hubertus returned to Coburg at the end of 2011, and the following month, he took over as Administrator of the family foundation – ‘the Stiftung der Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha’schen Familie’ which oversees and manages the family’s properties and assets, including Callenberg Gastle and Greinburg Castle and thousands of acres of farmland and forests.
Hubertus succeeded his father, who passed away on April 3, 2025.
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