Category:Coats of arms of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884-1954), was the only son of Prince Leopold, 1st Duke of Albany, the eighth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He was never granted arms in the United Kingdom. He also did not inherit the arms of his father, Prince Leopold, 1st Duke of Albany, since British royal arms, as a differenced version of Arms of Dominion, are granted individually and not inherited. On his accession as reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1900, Charles Edward used a shield of the arms of Saxony, charged with his father's arms. This was similar to the arms borne by his uncle, Alfred (1844–1900), as reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.