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Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1697-1764)

Details

Instance of: human
Born: 25 September 1697
Died: 16 September 1764
Place of birth: Saalfeld
Place of death: Bad Rodach
Sex or gender: male
Given name: Franz, Josias
Father: John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Mother: Countess Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen
Spouse: Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Child: Ernest Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Prince Josias of Coburg, Johann Wilhelm von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, Prince Christian Franz of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Anne Sophie von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, Friederike Magdalen von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld
Sibling: Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Princess Sophia Wilhelmina of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Occupation: sovereign
Citizenship: Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Religion: Lutheranism
Awards: Order of the White Eagle
described by source: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
languages spoken, written or signed: German
member of family: House of Wettin, Ernestine line
name in native language: Franz Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld
noble title: duke
place of burial: Morizkirche