Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Friedrich Josias Carl Eduard Ernst Kyrill Harald Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (29 November 1918 – 24 January 1998) was a German member of a formerly noble family, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, formerly dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He served in the army of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945 as an officer. He succeeded to head of the family in 1954. He was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria.

Early life

Friedrich Josias was born at Callenberg Castle on 29 November 1918, both born in Berne. After Adrian’s divorce in 1993, he married a second time to Gertrud Krieg in 1997 in Berne. Gertrud was also of Swiss origin as she was born in Olten, Solothurn. The couple was childless.

In Hamburg on 30 October 1964, Friedrich Josias married his third wife, Katrin Bremme (22 April 1940 – 13 July 2011). This marriage was childless.

Friedrich Josias died, aged 79, in Amstetten, Austria.

Ancestry