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Lutheranism. Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (in German and fully Franz Friedrich Anton, Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, 15 July 1750 – 9 December 1806), was a reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, one of the ruling Thuringian dukes of the House of Wettin. As progenitor of a line of Coburg princes who, in the 19th and 20th ...
- Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Biography. He was the eldest son of Francis Josias, Duke of...
- Duke Ernst Friedrich III
Biography. Ernest Frederick was born on 10 June 1727. He was...
- Ernest III
Early life. Ernest was born on 2 January 1784. He was the...
- Antoinette Ernestine Amalie
Princess Antoinette Ernestine Amalie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld...
- Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf
Her father commissioned a portrait of Augusta as Artemisia...
- Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (25 September...
- Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
The Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (orange) in 1820. Duke...
- Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, was a reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, one of the ruling Thuringian dukes of the House of Wettin. As progenitor of a line of Coburg princes who, in the 19th and 20th centuries, ascended the thrones of several European realms, he is a patrilineal ancestor of the royal houses of Belgium and Bulgaria, as well as of several queens consort and empress ...
Description. Franz Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1697-1764) was the fourth son of John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, the third born by his father's second wife Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen. He was the great-great-grandfather to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. After the deaths of his two older brothers in 1720, he ...
Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, was a Thuringian duke known for his contributions to the arts and military service. Born to Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Duchess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, he received a comprehensive education and became an art connoisseur, amassing a significant collection of books and copperplate engravings.
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Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (15 July 1750, in Coburg – 9 December 1806, in Coburg), was one of the ruling Thuringian dukes of the House of Wettin. As progenitor of a line of Coburg princes who, in the 19th and 20th centuries, ascended the thrones of several European realms, he is a patrilineal ancestor of royal houses of the Belgium, Bulgaria, Portugal and the United Kingdom, as ...
