Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
August Victor Louis of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was a German prince of the Catholic House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry. He was a General Major in the Royal Saxon Army and the owner of Čábráď and Štiavnica, both in modern-day Slovakia.
Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
St. Augustin in Coburg
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry
The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry is the Catholic cadet branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, founded after the marriage of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág. Among its descendants were the last four kings of Portugal and the last three Tsars of Bulgaria. After the change of the “House laws” by King Simeon, the present head of the house is his sister Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria, Princess of Koháry.
Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1785–1851)
Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797–1862)
Ferdinand of Portugal, Prince August and Princess Victoria with a bust of their father, Prince Ferdinand
Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818–1881)