Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Friedrich Josias Carl Eduard Ernst Kirill Harald, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, head of the Ducal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1954-1998.
Named for Field Marshal Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1737-1815).
Son of Carl Eduard, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884-1954) and his wife Viktoria Adelheid, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1885-1970).
Born: Schloss Callenberg near Coburg 29. Nov 1918
Married:
Casel, Lower Lusatia 25. Jan 1942 (div. 1946) Victoria-Luise Gräfin zu Solms-Baruth (1921-2003), his first cousin, daughter of Hans Graf zu Solms-Baruth and Caroline-Mathilde Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
San Francisco 14. Feb 1948 (div. 1964) Denyse Henriette von Muralt (Basel 14. Dec 1923-Möhlin, Switzerland 22. Apr 2005), daughter of Gaston von Muralt and Pierette Maurice.
(morg.) Hamburg 30. Oct 1964 Katrin Anna Dorothea Bremme (Berlin 22. Apr 1940-Grein 13. Jul 2011), daughter of Dietrich Bremme and Margarethe Spottke.
Issue of first marriage:
Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1943) m. 1971 Carin Dabelstein (1945)
Issue of second marriage:
Claudia, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1949) m. 1971 (div. 1998) Gion Schäfer (1945)
Beatrice, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1951) m. 1977 Friedrich, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1935)
Adrian, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1955) m. (morg.) 1984 (div. 1993) Lea Rinderknecht (1960); m. (morg.) 1997 Gertrud Krieg (1958)
Died: Grein, Austria 23. Jan 1998
Buried: Schloss Callenberg near Coburg
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten, Vol XVIII, Starke Verlag 2007; Marlene A. Eilers ”Queen Victoria’s Descendants”, Rosvall Royal Books 1997; Paul Theroff: Online Gotha by Paul Theroff http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/gotha.htm(date of death of Katrin Bremme);