Last reigning duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 30 July 1900 until 1918. He later joined the Nazi Party as well as the Sturmabteilung, in which he reached the position of Obergruppenführer. Charles Edward served in a number of positions in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, including President of the German Red Cross from 1933–45.
