What is Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen?
{{Infobox royalty | title = Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen | name = Ernest Frederick I | image = ErnstFriedrich1hibu.jpg | caption = | reign = 1715–1724 | succession = [[Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen]] | predecessor = [[Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen|Ernest]] | successor = [[Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen|Ernest Frederick II]] | spouse = [[Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach]] | issue = Prince Hollandinus <br /> Princess Sophie <br />Prince Ernst Ludwig <br />[[Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen|Ernest Frederick II]]<br /> Prince Frederick August<br /> Prince Ludwig Frederick <br />[[Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen|Princess Elisabeth Albertine]] <br />Prince Emanuel Frederick <br />Princess Elisabeth Sophie <br />Prince Georg Frederick | house = [[Saxe-Hildburghausen|House of Saxe-Hildburghausen]] | father = [[Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen]] | mother = [[Countess Sophie Henriette of Waldeck]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1681|8|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Gotha (town)|Gotha]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1724|3|9|1681|8|21|df=y}} | death_place = [[Hildburghausen]] | burial_place = |}} '''Ernst Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen''' ([[Gotha (town)|Gotha]], 21 August 1681 &ndash; [[Hildburghausen]], 9 March 1724), was a [[duke]] of [[Saxe-Hildburghausen]]. He was the oldest son of [[Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen]] and [[Countess Sophie Henriette of Waldeck]]. When he was younger, he served in the [[Netherlands]] [[army]]. He was wounded in the [[Spanish Succession War]] at [[Höchstädt an der Donau|Höchstädt]]. In 1715, after the death of his father, he left the Army and [[government|governed]] the [[duchy]] of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Like many [[Germany|German]] [[prince]]s, He wanted his duchy to have the [[wealth|splendor]] of the court of the King [[Louis XIV of France]]. This caused him to be ruined [[finance|financially]]. Because he always needed [[money]],