Ludwig Gaston Klemens Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, known in Brazil as Dom Luís Gastão, was a prince of the house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Background
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.
Education
Ludwig went to Wiener Neustadt to study at the Theresian Military Academy, where he successfully graduated in 1892.
Career
He and his family lived in Brazil until 1889, when troubles with the Brazilian monarchy led the family to move to Europe. Military and later life
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.
In Munich, on May 1, 1900, Ludwig Gaston married Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, daughter of the King Ludwig III of Bavaria. They had two children:
Antonius Maria Ludwig Klemens Eugen Karl Heinrich August Luitpold Leopold Franz Wolfgang Peter Gaston Alexander Alfons Ignatius Aloysius Stanislaus (Innsbruck, 17 June 1901 – Haar, 1 September 1970), married on 14 May 1938 to Luise Mayrhofer.
This marriage was childless. Maria Immaculata Leopoldine Franziska Theresia Ildefonsa Adelgunde Klementine Hildegard Anna Josepha Elisabeth Sancta-Angelica Nicoletta (Innsbruck, 10 September 1904 – Varese, Italy, 18 March 1940).
On February 8, 1907, Gaston left the army, and in Bischofteinitz, on November 30, 1907, Gaston married the Countess Anna of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (1873 – 1948).
They had one daughter:
Death
Ludwig Gaston died on January 23, 1942 in Innsbruck and was buried in Saint Augustine"s Church in Coburg.