Prince Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Born

15 September 1870
Ebenthal, Austria-Hungary

Died

23 January 1942 (aged 71)
Innsbruck, Nazi Germany (current Austria)

Burial

St. Augustin, Coburg

Spouse

Princess Mathilde of Bavaria
Countess Anna of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg

Full name
Ludwig Gaston Klemens Maria

House

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry

Father

Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Mother

Princess Leopoldina of Brazil

Religion

Roman Catholicism

Full name
Ludwig Gaston Klemens Maria

Styles of Prince Ludwig Gaston

Reference style	His Highness
Spoken style	Your Highness
Alternative style	Sir

Ludwig Gaston Klemens Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (15 September 1870, in Ebenthal – 23 January 1942, in Innsbruck), known in Brazil as Dom Luís Gastão, was a prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry. He was the fourth son of the German Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Leopoldina of Brazil.

Ludwig Gaston was born the youngest of the four sons of Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Leopoldina of Brazil. The prince was born at the Austrian Ebenthal castle, the seat of his Coburg family, and grew up in the Empire of Brazil where at that time was ruled by his maternal grandfather, Emperor Pedro II of Brazil until 1889, when a military coup d'état put an end to the Brazilian monarchy and led the family to move to Europe.

Ludwig went to Wiener Neustadt to study at the Theresian Military Academy, where he successfully graduated in 1892. After that, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant of the Fourth Tiroler Jäger-Regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Army in Lienz. On May 1, 1896, Ludwig was given the rank of First lieutenant, and, on March 29, 1900, he was given leadership of the First Tiroler Jäger-Regiment in Innsbruck. On May 1, 1903, he advanced to the rank of Captain.

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