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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.
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 . During his youth, Francis Josias served in the Imperial Army.
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.
The Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (orange) in 1820. Duke Francis Frederick Anton, who ruled for only six years (from 1800 to 1806), was forced in 1805, especially by his minister Theodor Konrad von Kretschmann, for the renewal of the ailing Duchy to make a contract between the two duchies, Coburg and Saalfeld, for a uniform state ...
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.
Jun 3, 2024 · Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Franz Friedrich Anton, 15 July 1750 – 9 December 1806), was one of the ruling Thuringian dukes of the House of Wettin and an ancestor of Queen Victoria. Contents
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.
