Order of the Chrysanthemum, 20 April 1883 : Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion, 16 December 1839 : Grand Cross of the Cross of Takovo Ancestry See also List of Knights and Ladies of the Garter List of members of the House of Wettin List of famous big game hunters Rosine Stoltz Schloss Ketschendorf References Sources Primary , four volumes. Secondary External links Biography of Ernest II at the German National Library. Biography of Ernest II at the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. 1818 births 1893 deaths People from Coburg Dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Recipients of the Iron Cross (1870), 1st class Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Takovo Extra Knights Companion of the Garter Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur Grand Crosses of the Order of Christ (Portugal) Protestant monarchs German opera composers Male opera composers 19th-century classical composers German male classical composers 19th-century German composers Generals of Cavalry (Prussia) Burials at the Ducal Family Mausoleum, Glockenburg Cemetery, Coburg 19th-century German male musicians