Heirs To Carl Eduard, 1900-1918
The law of 1899 which altered the succession in Duke Carl Eduard's favour contained a clause providing that after Carl Eduard and his issue the duchy would pass to the Duke of Connaught's only son and his issue, before going to the Prince of Wales's issue (who were placed last among the descendants of Prince Albert by the renunciation of 1863). At the start of Duke Carl Eduard's reign, then, the heir-presumptive was his elder cousin
- Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert, who was known as "Prince Arthur of Connaught".
Duke Carl Eduard married Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein in 1905 and their son
- the Hereditary Prince Johann Leopold Wilhelm Albert Ferdinand, was born on 2 August 1906, heir-apparent from his birth.
On 14 November 1918, as part of the German Revolution that followed the First World War, Duke Carl Eduard was forced to abdicate his throne, and the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ceased to exist.
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