Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

German prince (1818–1893).

Born June 21st, 1818 in Coburg.

Died August 22nd, 1893 at 75 years old in Reinhardsbrunn.

Occupations
aristocrat, composer, military commander, military officer, painter

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde