Coburg
the name of a family in Germany, dating from the 5th century, noted for intermarriages with royal houses, especially during the 19th century. A sister of Duke Ernest I. became Duchess of Kent and mother of Queen Victoria; ; the duke's brother Leocame Duchess of Kent and mother of married in succession daughters of George IV. of England and of Louis Philippe; one of his nephews, Ferdinand, married the Queen of Portugal, and was regent of that kingdom, 1853; another, August, married a daughter of Louis Philippe; one of his sons, Duke Ernest II., declined the crown of Greece, 1863, August, married a daughter of Louis band of his cousin, Queen Victoria, of England. puis and another, Prince Albert, was the hus- band of his cousin, Queen Victoria, of on the N. coast of Australia in the northern territory of South Australia. an