Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
formerly a Duchy, but since 1919 a part of Thuringia, a state of the German Republic, comprising the province of Gotha, lying between Prussia, Schwarzburg, Meiningen, and Weimar; and the province of Coburg, lying between Meiningen and Bavaria; Coburg 218 square miles, and Gotha 548 square miles. The S. of Gotha and the N. of Coburg are both mountainous. Both divisions are fertile; the hills are covered with wood, and in Gotha coal and other minerals are found. Prior to the World War, the chief occupations of were cattle rearing and agriculture. In Gotha there were manufactures of linen, leather, metal-wares, etc. The population profess the Lutheran faith. The Prince Consort of England, husband of Queen Victoria, was the younger brother of Duke Ernest II., and Prince Alfred of Great Britain, Duke of Edinburgh succeeded his uncle in 1893, dying in 1900, without a son. He was succeeded by the Duke of Albany, nephew of King Edward VII of England. He was forced to abdicate in 1918 as the result of the German revolution. Gotha joined the Republic of Thuringia, Coburg that of Bavaria. Pop. of Gotha (1919) 433,959; of Coburg, 74,344.