What sovereign duke of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, composed the opera Diana von Solange in 1858?
Diana von Solange Diana von Solange is an opera by the German prince Ernst II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, an amateur composer. It was premiered in 1858. In 1859, Franz Liszt wrote an orchestral "Festmarsch nach Motiven von E. H. z. S-C-G", S.116, based on themes from "Diana von Solange" (E. H. z. S-C-G was short for Ernst Herzog zu Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha).
Landgravine Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1757–1830) Landgravine Louise Auguste of Hesse-Darmstadt (30 January 1757 – 14 February 1830) was a German princess. She was the daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. On 3 October 1775 she married duke (later grand-duke) Charles Augustus of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and as such a member of the court sphere of Weimar Classicism. She was held to be serious and introverted but also compassionate and sympathetic, in the aftermath of the Battle of Jena which guaranteed her part in the later "myth of Weimar" ("Weimarmythos").