Duke Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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HRH The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Titles Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Reign 6 March 1954 - 23 January 1998
Coronation 17 September 1954
Predecessor Charles Edward
Successor Andreas
Biographical Information
Born 29 November 1918

Coburg, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany

Died 23 January 1998 (aged 79)

Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany

Spouse Countess Viktoria Luise of Solms-Baruth

(m. 1942; d. 1998)

Issue Judith, Dowager Queen of the United Kingdom

Andreas
Princess Victoria of Brazil
Beatrice von Saxe-Meiningen
Prince Adrian

Name Friedrich Josias Carl Eduard Ernst

Kyrill Harald

House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Duke Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Mother Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein
Religion Lutheran

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Judith, Dowager Queen of the United Kingdom 3 January 1938 King James III of the United Kingdom (m. 1954); has issue
Andreas 21 March 1943 3 April 2025 (aged 82) Princess Elena of Romania (m. 1971); had issue
Princess Victoria of Brazil 23 August 1948 Prince Alfonso of Brazil (m. 1973); has issue
Beatrice von Saxe-Meiningen 15 July 1951 Friedrich Ernst von Saxe-Meiningen (m. 1977); has issue
Prince Adrian 18 October 1955 30 August 2011 (aged 55) Countess Catherine of Limburg-Stirum (m. 1984); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1918-1954 Friedrich Josias, Hereditary Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
  • 1954-1998 Friedrich Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Duke Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Leopold of the United Kingdom

Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess Helena of Nassau

Duke Ernest I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Prince Edward of the United Kingdom

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

Duke Wilhelm of Nassau

Princess Pauline of Wurttemberg

Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein Duke Friedrich Ferdinand I of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Caroline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein

Duke Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe

Duke Frederick VIII of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg

Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel

George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Duke Christian Augustus II of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Countess Louise of Danneskiold-Samsoe

Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Feodora of Leiningen