Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Friedrich Josias Carl Eduard Ernst Kyrill Harald) (b. Schloß Callenberg, November 29, 1918 - d. Amstetten, Wurttemberg, January 23, 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 Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. However, the Duke was forced to abdicate on November 14, 1918. The third of three sons, he was not expected to succeed as Head. However, the eldest, 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 March 6, 1954.

The Prince married three times:

In Casel on January 25, 1942, Frederick Josias married firstly with the Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth (13 March 1921 - 1 March 2003). They had one son:
# Andreas Michael Arnim Siegfried Friedrich Hans Hubertus (b. Casel, 21 March 1943).However, this marriage ended in divorce on September 19, 1946.

In San Francisco on February 14, 1948, Frederick Josias married secondly with 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.
# Princess "Beatrice Charlotte" (b. Bern, 15 July 1951), married on 12 June 1977 to Prince Frederick of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 21 January 1935). Has issue.
# "Adrian" Vinzenz Eduard (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 of the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. This union ended in divorce in 1993. Secondly (and again morganatic), Adrian married on 11 July 1997 to Gertrud Krieg. They had no children. Frederick Josias and Denyse were divorced on September 17, 1964.

In Hamburg on 30 October 1964 Frederick Josias married thirdly (and morganatically) with Katrin Bremme (b. 22 April 1940). This marriage was childless.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
2= 2. Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
3= 3. Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
4= 4. Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
5= 5. Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont
6= 6. Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
7= 7. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
8= 8. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
9= 9. Victoria of the United Kingdom
10= 10. George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
11= 11. Princess Helene Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg
12= 12. Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
13= 13. Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe
14= 14. Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
15= 15. Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
16= 16. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
17= 17. Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
18= 18. Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
19= 19. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
20= 20. Georg II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
21= 21. Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
22= 22. Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau
23= 23. Princess Pauline of Württemberg
24= 24. Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
25= 25. Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
26= 26. Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
27= 27. Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont
28= 28. Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
29= 29. Countess Lovisa Sophie of Danneskjold-Samsöe
30= 30. Ernst, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
31= 31. Princess Feodora of Leiningen