Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (pilot)
Prince Hubertus | |||||
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Born | Mosty Wielkie, German-occupied Poland
| 24 August 1909||||
Military service | |||||
Allegiance | Nazi Germany | ||||
Service/ | Luftwaffe | ||||
Years of service | 1939–1943 | ||||
Rank | Oberleutnant | ||||
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House | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
Father | Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
Mother | Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein |
Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Dietmar Hubertus Friedrich Wilhelm Philipp; 24 August 1909 – 26 November 1943) was a German courier pilot and a member of the
Family
Prince Hubertus was born on 24 August 1909 at
Hubertus had an older brother,
Youth
Little is known about the career of Prince Hubertus.
When his brother Hereditary Johann Leopold renounced his succession rights in order to marry a commoner in 1932, Hubertus became the new heir apparent to the defunct throne of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Second World War
The father of Prince Hubertus, Duke Charles Edward, was an ardent supporter of
Prince Hubertus was an accomplished aviator.[6] Serving in the Luftwaffe as a courier pilot in the Eastern Front,[4][10] Hubertus obtained the rank of Oberleutnant (senior pilot).[11] He was killed in action when his plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Forces on 26 November 1943 in Mosty, modern-day Ukraine.[2] It was his last flight before he was to be relocated.[7] News of his death spread on 3 December.[7] Hubertus was buried the following day at the Coburg family cemetery at Callenberg Castle.[11] The Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha announced the death of their son and heir in Gothaer Beobachter with a very short obituary on 11 December.[4] The ducal couple's youngest son, Prince Friedrich Josias, became heir apparent in his stead.[2]
Princess Sibylla was distraught at the death of her favourite brother. In 1946, she had a son, the long-awaited heir to the Swedish throne (and nephew of Hubertus), and named him Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; he later became King
Titles and honours
Hubertus was styled as "
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b c Almanach de Gotha. Justus Perthes. 1935.
- ^ a b c d e f "House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha". Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ ISBN 978-1870520805.
- ^ a b c d e Wenzel, Matthias (24 November 2018). "Zwei Ereignisse ändern die Erbfolge im Haus Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha" (in German). Thüringische Landeszeitung.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-86858-598-8.
- ^ ISBN 3873540630.
- ^ ISBN 978-9100170233.
- ^ ISBN 978-0191008672.
- ^ ISBN 9781473845800. Retrieved 31 December 2017 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "German Prince Killed In Action". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 4 December 1943.
- ^ a b "Gedächtnis- und Beisetzungsfeier für seine Hoheit Prinz Hubertus von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Oberleutnant der Luftwaffe, [gefallen am 26.11.1943 in Mosty] auf Schloß Callenberg 4. Dez. 1943" (in German). Rossteutscher. 1943.
- ^ "Arnstad: Lillprinsen är döpt efter stupad nazist" (in Swedish). 21 April 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ISBN 0-220-66222-3.