Friedrich Josias Carl Eduard Ernst Kyrill Harald Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha was a German member of a formerly noble family, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, formerly dukes of Saxe-Coburg an
13-year-old Friedrich Josias (front left) at his sister Caroline's wedding (1931)
Charles Edward was at various points in his life a British prince and royal duke, a German duke, and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a state of the German Empi
Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
…1954. He was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria. Friedrich Josias was born at Callenberg Castle on 29 November 1918, the third son and youngest child of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Charles Edward had been forced to abdicate earlier in the month, on 14…
Charles Edward as SA-Obergruppenführer
Claremont house: Charles Edward's birthplace and childhood home
Charles Edward (front centre) with his sister, mother and maternal family (1895)
Charles Edward with his staff at a military exercise (1904)