Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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Saxe-Coburg and Gotha>House of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha
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| Ernst I
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| Ernst II
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| Prince Albert
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| Princess Victoria
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| Prince Edward
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| Princess Alice
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| Prince Alfred
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| Princess Helena1
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| Princess Louise1
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| Prince Arthur1
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| Prince Leopold
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| Princess Beatrice1
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| Prince Albert Victor
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| Prince George1
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| Princess Louise1
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| Princess Victoria1
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| Princess Maud1
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| Prince Alexander John
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| Princess Margaret1
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| Prince Arthur1
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| Princess Patricia1
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| Princess Alice1
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| Prince Carl Eduard
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| Prince Edward1
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| Prince Albert1
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| Princess Mary1
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| Prince Henry1
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| Prince George1
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| Prince John1
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| Prince Alastair1
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| Ernst II
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| Prince Alfred
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| Prince Alfred
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| Princess Marie
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| Princess Victoria Melita
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| Princess Alexandra
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| Princess Beatrice
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| Carl Eduard2
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| Hereditary Prince Johann Leopold
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| Princess Sibylla
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| Prince Hubertus
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| Princess Caroline Mathilde
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| Prince Friedrich Josias
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| Friedrich Josias
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| Prince Andreas
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| Princess Claudia
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| Princess Beatrice
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| Prince Adrian3
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| Simon Coburg3
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| Daniel Coburg3
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| Andreas
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| Princess Stephanie
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| Prince Hubertus
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| Prince Alexander
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| 1George V of the United Kingdom>George V renounced the membership to the Ducal House of these people in 1917.
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| 2Dukes after Carl Eduard were Dukes in title only.
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| 3Prince Adrian and his sons use the surname "Coburg."
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Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Friedrich Josias Carl Eduard Ernst Kirill Harald) (
November 29,
1918–
January 23,
1998) was the Head of the Ducal House 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: He first married Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth on January 25, 1942. However, the two divorced on September 19, 1946, but not without leaving a son, Andreas. His second marriage on February 14, 1948 was to Denyse von Muralt, but they divorced as well on September 17, 1964, leaving two daughters and a son: Claudia, Beatrice and Adrian. His third and final marriage was to Katrin Bremme, who bore him no children.
The Prince died at Amstetten, Germany. He was succeeded as Head by his son Andreas.
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