Franz of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld
Franz Friedrich Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld, succeeded his father in 1800.
Son of Ernst Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1724-1800) and his wife Sophie Antoinette, Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1724-1802).
Born:
Married:
Hildburghausen 6. Mar 1776 Sophie, Princess of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1760-1776), daughter of Ernst Friedrich III. Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1727-1780) and his third wife Ernestine, Princess of Saxe-Weimar (1740-1786).
Ebersdorf 13. Jun 1777 Auguste Gräfin Reuß zu Ebersdorf (1757-1831), daughter of Heinrich XXIV. Graf Reuß zu Ebersdorf (1724-1779) and his wife Karoline Ernestine, Gräfin zu Erbach-Schönberg (1727-1796)
Issue of second marriage:
Sophie, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1778-1835) m.1804 Emmanuel Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1777-1852)
Antoinette, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1779-1824) m.1798 Alexander, Duke of Würrtemberg (1771-1833)
Juliane (Anna Feodorovna), Princes of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1781-1860) m. 1796 (div.1820) Konstantin Pavlovich, Grand Duke of Russia (1779-1831)
Ernst I. Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784-1844) m.1817 (div.1826) Luise, Princess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800-1831); m.1832 Marie, Duchess of Württemberg (1799-1860) his niece
Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1785-1851) m.1815 Antonie, Prinzessin Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya (1797-1862)
Viktoria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1786-1861) m.1803 Emich Carl Fürst zu Leiningen (1763-1814); m.1818 Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1767-1820)
Marianne, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1788-1794)
Franz, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld (1792-1793)
Died:
Buried: Mausoleum at Coburger Hofgarten,
D etlev Schwennicke “Europäische Stammtafeln. Neue Folge” Vol I.1; Vittorio Klostermann, 2005; Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000