Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Friedrich Josias Carl Eduard Ernst Kyrill Harald) (Callenberg Castle, 29 November 1918 – Amstetten, Austria
, 23 January 1998) was the Head of the Ducal Family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
and titular Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1954 to his death.
The Prince was born to Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. The Duke was forced to abdicate on 14 November 1918. The third of three sons, Prince Friedrich Josias was not expected to succeed as Head of the Ducal Family. However, his eldest brother, Hereditary Prince Johann Leopold
, married unequally and renounced his rights in 1932, and Prince Hubertus was killed in action in 1943, thus leaving Prince Friedrich Josias as the heir-apparent. He succeeded to the Headship on the death of his father on 6 March 1954.
The Prince married three times:
In Kassel on 25 January 1942, Friedrich Josias married his first cousin Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth
(13 March 1921 – 1 March 2003). They had one son:
In San Francisco on 14 February 1948, Friedrich Josias married secondly Denyse Henrietta de Muralt (14 December 1923 – 25 April 2005). They had three children:
Friedrich Josias and Denyse were divorced on 17 September 1964.
In Hamburg
on 30 October 1964 Friedrich Josias married thirdly (and morganatically
) Katrin Bremme (b. 22 April 1940). This marriage was childless.
Austria
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, 23 January 1998) was the Head of the Ducal Family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha served as the collective name of two duchies, Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha, in Germany. They were located in what today are the states of Bavaria and Thuringia, respectively, and the two were in personal union between 1826 and 1918...
and titular Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1954 to his death.
The Prince was born to Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the fourth and last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, two duchies in Germany , and the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 until his death in 1954...
and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. The Duke was forced to abdicate on 14 November 1918. The third of three sons, Prince Friedrich Josias was not expected to succeed as Head of the Ducal Family. However, his eldest brother, Hereditary Prince Johann Leopold
Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the eldest son of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg...
, married unequally and renounced his rights in 1932, and Prince Hubertus was killed in action in 1943, thus leaving Prince Friedrich Josias as the heir-apparent. He succeeded to the Headship on the death of his father on 6 March 1954.
The Prince married three times:
In Kassel on 25 January 1942, Friedrich Josias married his first cousin Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth
Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth
Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth -Early life:...
(13 March 1921 – 1 March 2003). They had one son:
- Andreas Michael Armin Siegfried Friedrich Hans Hubertus (b. Casel, 21 March 1943). This marriage ended in divorce on 19 September 1946.
In San Francisco on 14 February 1948, Friedrich Josias married secondly Denyse Henrietta de Muralt (14 December 1923 – 25 April 2005). They had three children:
- Princess Maria Claudia Sibylla (b. San Francisco, 22 May 1949), married on 17 March 1971 to Gion Schäfer (b. 20 July 1945). Has issue: Maria Christina Sibylla Schäfer (b. 1972) and Gianetta Antonia Schäfer (b. 1975).
- Princess Beatrice Charlotte (b. Bern, 15 July 1951), married on 12 June 1977 to Prince Friedrich of Saxe-MeiningenSaxe-MeiningenThe Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin dynasty, located in the southwest of the present-day German state of Thuringia....
(1935–2004). Has issue. - Adrian Vinzenz EduardPrince Adrian of Saxe-Coburg and GothaPrince Adrian Vinzenz Eduard of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , a professional Afro-Cuban percussionist better known as Adrian Coburg is a scion on the Saxon House of Wettin, branch of the former Dukes of Albany and is related to the British royal family.He married firstly morganatically in Bern,...
(b. Coburg, 18 October 1955), married firstly on 20 October 1984 to Lea Rinderknecht; the marriage was morganatic and their two sons were barred from the succession to the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. This union ended in divorce in 1993. Secondly (again morganatically), Adrian married on 11 July 1997 Gertrud Krieg. They had no children.
Friedrich Josias and Denyse were divorced on 17 September 1964.
In Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
on 30 October 1964 Friedrich Josias married thirdly (and morganatically
Morganatic marriage
In the context of European royalty, a morganatic marriage is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which prevents the passage of the husband's titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage...
) Katrin Bremme (b. 22 April 1940). This marriage was childless.