Franz Friedrich, Duke o Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
| Franz Friedrich | |||||
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| Duke o Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | |||||
| Ring | 8 September 1800 – 9 December 1806 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ernest Frederick | ||||
| Successor | Ernest III | ||||
| Born | 15 Julie 1750 Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Holy Roman Empire | ||||
| Dee'd | 9 December 1806 (aged 56) Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | ||||
| Spouse | Princess Sophie o Saxe-Hildburghausen Coontess Augusta Reuss o Ebersdorf | ||||
| Issue | Princess Sophie, Countess o Mensdorff-Pouilly Antoinette, Duchess Alexander o Württemberg Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna o Roushie Ernst I, Duke o Saxe-Coburg an Gotha Prince Ferdinand Victoria, Duchess o Kent Princess Marianne Leopold I o Belgium Prince Franz | ||||
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| Hoose | Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | ||||
| Faither | Ernst Friedrich, Duke o Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | ||||
| Mither | Princess Sophie o Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | ||||
| Releegion | Lutheranism | ||||
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Franz Friedrich, Duke o Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Franz Friedrich Anton; 15 Julie 1750 – 9 December 1806), wis ane o the ruling Thuringian dukes o the Hoose o Wettin. As progenitor of a line o Coburg princes who, in the 19t an 20t centuries, ascended the thrones o several European realms, he is a patrilineal ancestor o, among others, Queen Elizabeth II o the Unitit Kinrick, Keeng Philippe o Belgium an Keeng Simeon II o Bulgarie.
First mairiage[eedit | eedit soorce]
In Hildburghausen on 6 Mairch 1776, he mairit Princess Sophie o Saxe-Hildburghausen, a daughter o his Ernestine kinsman, Duke Ernst Friedrich II. She died on 28 October 1776, anly seven months after her wedding. The couple haed nae issue.
Seicont mairiage[eedit | eedit soorce]
In Ebersdorf on 13 Juin 1777, he mairit Coontess Auguste Reuss o Ebersdorf. They haed ten bairn, seven survived tae adulthood:
Issue[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Princess Sophie o Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (19 August 1778 – 9 Julie 1835) mairit Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly an haed issue.
- Princess Antoinette o Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (28 August 1779 – 14 Mairch 1824) mairit Duke Alexander o Württemberg an haed issue .
- Princess Juliane o Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 23 September 1781 – 15 August 1860) mairit Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich o Roushie but haed nae issue.
- Stillborn son (1782)
- Ernest I, Duke o Saxe-Coburg an Gotha (2 Januar 1784 – 29 Januar 1844) mairit twice an haed issue an wis faither o Albert, Prince Consort.
- Prince Ferdinand o Saxe-Coburg an Gotha (28 Mairch 1785 – 27 August 1851) mairit Maria Antonia Koháry an haed issue.
- Princess Victoria o Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (17 August 1786 – 16 Mairch 1861) mairit twice including Prince Edward, Duke o Kent an Strathearn an wis the mither o Queen Victoria.
- Princess Marianne Charlotte o Saxe-Coburg an Gotha (7 August 1788 - 23 August 1794) died young.
- Prince Leopold o Saxe-Coburg an Gotha (later Keeng Leopold I o the Belgians (16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) mairit twice an haed issue.
- Prince Franz Maximilian Ludwig o Saxe-Coburg an Gotha (12 December 1792 - 3 Januar 1793) died young.
Teetles an styles[eedit | eedit soorce]
- 15 Julie 1750 - 8 September 1800 His Serene Highness The Hereditary Prince o Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duke in Saxony.
- 8 September 1800 – 9 December 1806 His Highness The Duke o Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
External links[eedit | eedit soorce]
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