Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (October 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of the Prince, wearing the Austrian military uniform with the ribbon and star of the Order of Maria Theresa of Austria by Ferdinand Jagemann | |
| Native name | Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld |
| Born | 26 December 1737 Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (now Bavaria) |
| Died | 26 February 1815 (aged 77) Coburg |
| Allegiance |  Archduchy of Austria Holy Roman Empire |
| Service/ | Imperial Army |
| Years of service | 1759–1795 |
| Rank | Generalfeldmarschall |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Military Order of Maria Theresa |
| Spouse(s) | Therese Stroffeck |
| Relations | House of Wettin (family) Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (father) Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (mother) Freiherr Frederick von Rohmann (son) |
| Signature | ,_1791.svg){kind=small} |
Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (German: Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld) (26 December 1737 – 26 February 1815) was an Austrian nobleman and military commander.
Biography
Born at
Victoria of the United Kingdom
(1819–1901).
Military career
Josias joined the
Prince Nicholas Mavrogenes (see History of Bucharest), and soon after becoming a field marshal.[citation needed
]
During the occupation of Moldavia, Josias met Therese Stroffeck, a commoner. On 24 September 1789, in the town of
morganatic
marriage, and his descendants were barred of the succession of the duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
In 1793 and 1794 he commanded the army in the
Allied powers and their forces, he suffered a string of minor setbacks in front of the Revolutionary Army on the Sambre, followed by a decisive defeat at Fleurus
(26 June 1794).
He thereupon abandoned the Netherlands, which Habsburg diplomats had already decided to give up. Angered by this, and openly criticizing the policies of the
Count of Clerfayt assumed command in his place) and retired to Coburg
, where he later died.
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels | | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31. Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | ||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 107.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
- Meyers Konversations-Lexikon of 1888–89. In turn, it cites:
- A. von Witzleben, Prinz Friedrich J. von Koburg-Saalfeld, Herzog zu Sachsen, Berlin, 1859
