Hubertus, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Hubertus Michael Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Herzog in Sachsen (born 16 September 1975) is a German lawyer and head of the former ducal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha since 2025, a distinction based on descent through approved marriages. It is however his second cousin Hubertus Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha who would be entitled to petition for restoration of the title Duke of Albany which was separately held (until the Titles Deprivation Act 1917) and inherited by their great-grandfather Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Biography Hubertus was born on 16 September 1975 in Hamburg, Germany, as the eldest son and middle child of Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Carin Dabelstein. At the time of Hubertus's birth, his grandfather, Friedrich Josias, was the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, In 1995, Hubertus graduated from a public school in Coburg, then joined the Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion in Ebern. By December 1996, Hubertus was promoted to Officer Cadet and a Second Lieutenant by 1997, when he resigned to study law.

Hubertus studied law at the University of Würzburg from 1997 to 1999. During this time, Hubertus's father, Andreas, succeeded to head of the house when Friedrich Josias died on 23 January 1998.

After five years of living in New York, Hubertus moved back to Coburg with his wife. They temporarily lived in Munich while their apartment in Coburg was being renovated.

Marriage and children Hubertus married Kelly Rondestvedt in 2009. At a New York restaurant in 2007, Hubertus met Kelly Rondestvedt and they began dating. On a trip to Coburg, Hubertus proposed to her and they wed in a small civil ceremony on 21 May 2009 in Callenberg Castle with members of their immediate family present. Two days later, they married in a religious ceremony at the Lutheran Saint Moritz Church. The wedding was attended by over 400 guests and spectated by a crowd of around 3,000 people. Guests included King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, King Simeon II and Margarita of Bulgaria, Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria and Bronisław Chrobok, Prince Konstantin-Assen and Princess María of Vidin, Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor, Princess Astrid of Belgium, and Prince Alexander and Princess Nadja of Schaumburg-Lippe. The couple are parents of three children. Foreign Recipient of the King Carl XVI Gustaf's Jubilee Commemorative Medal for the 70th Birthday (30/04/2016).