Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (in German: Johann Leopold William Albert Ferdinand Victor; 2 August 1906 – 4 May 1972) was the eldest son of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
==Early life==
Johann Leopold was born 2 August 1906 at Callenberg Castle in Coburg as the eldest son of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
He was heir-apparent, from his birth, until the forced abdication of his father on 18 November 1918, to Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The abdication was a result of the German Revolution.
As a youth in Germany's politically unsettled post-World-War-I period Johann Leopold was involved in right wing paramilitary activity supported by his father.
==Marriage==
Charles Edward hoped to arrange a marriage between Prince Johann Leopold and Princess Juliana, heir presumptive to his first cousin Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. The match never materialized, with Charles Edward blaming his "useless" son.
Johann Leopold's first wife was Baroness Feodora Marie Alma Margarete von der Horst (1905–1991), who divorced Wolf Sigismund, Baron Pergler von Perglas, in 1931. They married morganatically on 9 March 1932. The prince was forced to cede his own succession rights at the time of the marriage. The couple had three children and were divorced on 27 February 1962. His second wife was Maria Theresa Elizabeth Reindl (1908–1996), whom he married morganatically on 3 May 1963. They had no children.
==Issue==
Name 	Birth 	Death 	Notes
By Baroness Feodora von der Horst 	By Baroness Feodora von der Horst 	By Baroness Feodora von der Horst	By Baroness Feodora von der Horst
Caroline Mathilde Adelheid Sibylla Marianne Erika Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha	5 April 1933; Hirschberg, Thuringia 	 	
Ernst Leopold Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha 	14 January 1935; Hirschberg, Thuringia	27 June 1996; Bad Wiessee 	
Peter Albert Friedrich Josias Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha 	12 June 1939; Dresden 	 	
==Ancestry==
==References==
Category:House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (United Kingdom)
Category:Princes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Category:1906 births
Category:1972 deaths
Category:People from Coburg
Category:Heirs apparent who never acceded
Category:Sons of dukes
Category:Pretenders