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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.
- Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
He was the eldest son of Francis Josias, Duke of...
- Ernest III
Ernest was born on 2 January 1784. He was the eldest son of...
- Antoinette Ernestine Amalie
Princess Antoinette Ernestine Amalie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld...
- Juliane Henriette Ulrike
Juliane was the third daughter of Franz Frederick Anton,...
- Sophie Fredericka Caroline Luise
Princess Sophie Friederike Karoline Luise of...
- Duchess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Sophie Antoinette married Ernest Frederick, Duke of...
- Princess Sophie of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Princess Sophie of Saxe-Hildburghausen (Ernestine Friederike...
- Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf
In Ebersdorf on 13 June 1777, Augusta married Francis, Duke...
- Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (25 September...
- Saxe-Coburg
In 1745, Francis Josias inherited parts of Saxe-Coburg from...
- Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
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Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (25 September 1697, in Saalfeld – 16 September 1764, in Rodach) was a duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Biography. He was the fourth living son of Johann Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, the third born by his father's second wife Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen.
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.
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Ernestine Line
When Henry IV, Count of Henneberg – Schleusingen, died in 1347, the possessions of the House of Henneberg – Schleusingen were divided between his widow, Jutta of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, and Henry's younger brother, John, and Jutta was given the so-called “neues Herrschaft” ("new lordship"), with Coburg among other properties. The death of Jutta six years later was followed by the division of the new Herrschaftamongst three of her daughters. The second daughter, Catherine of Henneberg, was awar...
Duke John Ernest
After losing the Schmalkaldic War in 1547, the Ernestines had their territorial possessions greatly reduced in Thuringia. Because the Districts of the Coburger Land were assigned to Duke John Ernest as “equipment” (Ausstattung), they remained unaffected by the measures against the outlawed Electors. John Ernest settled in the city of Coburg to build the Ehrenburg as his new residential palace, which was later also used and expanded by various Dukes of Saxe-Coburg. When John Ernest died childl...
Joint Rule
The Coburger Land was given to Elector John Frederick II “the Middle” as his share of the inheritance. He reigned from Gotha together with his brothers John William, residing in Weimar, and John Frederick III “the Younger”. After the early death of their youngest brother, there was a preliminary division of the Ernestine properties, in which the surviving brothers agreed to have a “Mutschierung”, i. e., a change in government, every three years. John Frederick II reigned in Gotha, Eisenach an...
Saxe-Coburg 1572–1638 1. 1572–1586 Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Regent on behalf of John Casimir and John Ernest, the sons of Elector John Frederick II “the Middle” 2. 1586–1596 Duke John Casimir, jointly with his brother John Ernest 3. 1596–1633 Johann Casimir (1564–1633), alone 4. 1633–1638 John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, brother of the previ...
The Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha(in German) Carl-Christian Dressel, Die Entwicklung von Verfassung und Verwaltung in Sachsen-Coburg 1800 - 1826 im Vergleich [The Development and Comparison of the Constitution and Administration o...(in German) Thomas Nicklas, Das Haus Sachsen-Coburg – Europas späte Dynastie [The House of Saxe-Coburg — Europe's Last Dynasty] (Stuttgart: Verlag W[ilhelm]. Kohlhammer Verlag, 2003), ISBN 3-17-017...(in German) Johann Hübner, Drey hundert drey und dreyßig Genealogische Tabellen: nebst denen darzu gehörigen genealogischen Fragen zur Erläuterung der politischen Historie, mit sonderbahrem Fleiße...Franz/Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. Saalfeld, 25 September 1697 – d. Saalfeld, 25 September 1697 – d. Rodach, 16 September 1764) was a duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.}}
Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, eldest son of Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Sophie, daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, married, in 1777, as his second wife, Augusta, daughter of Henry XXIV, Count Reuss-Ebersdorff. The seven children he had by her included Victoria, Duchess of Kent, and ...
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.
