Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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Andreas
Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Andreas.jpg
The Prince at the wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden, 8 June 2013
Head of the House of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Tenure23 January 1998 – present
Predecessor Friedrich Josias
Heir apparent Hubertus
Born (1943-03-21) 21 March 1943 (age 81)
Schloss Casel, Lower Lusatia, Nazi Germany
Spouse
Carin Dabelstein
(m. 1971;died 2023)
Issue Princess Stephanie
Hereditary Prince Hubertus
Prince Alexander
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Mother Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth
Signature Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha signature.svg

Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony (Andreas Michael Friedrich Hans Armin Siegfried Hubertus Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha Herzog von Sachsen; born 21 March 1943) is a German landowner and nobleman who has been the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha since 1998.

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Early life

Prince Andreas was born at Schloss Casel in Lower Lusatia to Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and the former Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth. Friedrich Josias was a son of Charles Edward, the last Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Also, via Charles Edward, Andreas is a first cousin of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (and is the godfather of Carl Gustaf's younger daughter, Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland).

Andreas's parents divorced in 1946. In 1949, he moved to New Orleans in the United States, where he spent his childhood with his mother and her second husband, Richard Whitten. [1]

Prince Andreas became heir apparent to the headship of the ducal house on 6 March 1954, when his father became the head. From the age of 16, Andreas made regular visits to Germany in preparation for his future role as head of the ducal house, permanently returning in 1965. He completed his military service between 1966 and 1968 in the Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion 6 based in Eutin, Schleswig-Holstein. [2] After leaving the army, Andreas trained as a timber merchant in Hamburg from 1969 to 1971.

Head of the house

Prince Andreas succeeded to the headship of the ducal house upon his father's death on 23 January 1998. [3]

In 2006, Prince Andreas created the Ducal Saxe-Coburg and Gotha House Order, which is based on the extinct Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order.

Prince Andreas is the owner of Callenberg Castle in Coburg and Greinburg Castle in Grein, Austria. He manages the family estates including farms, forests and real estate. [4]

Marriage and issue

In Hamburg civilly on 18 June and religiously on 31 July 1971, Prince Andreas married Carin Dabelstein (b. Hamburg, 16 July 1946, d. Coburg, 11 November 2023), [5] daughter of Adolf Wilhelm Martin Dabelstein, manufacturer and merchant, and wife Irma Maria Margarete Callsen. [6] The marriage, although unequal, is not morganatic, as it was authorized by Andreas's father.

They have three children, who inherit the ducal styles and titles:

  1. Princess Stephanie Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. Hamburg, 31 January 1972).[ citation needed ]. Married Jan Stal in 2018
  2. Hubertus Michael, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. Hamburg, 16 September 1975), heir apparent to the headship. Married to Kelly Jeanne Rondesvedt civilly on 21 May 2009 in Coburg and religiously on 23 May 2009 at Callenberg Castle. [7] Together they have three children:
    1. Princess Katharina Victoria Elizabeth Cheryl of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. Munich, 30 April 2014) [8]
    2. Prince Philipp Hubertus Andreas Christian of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. Munich, 15 July 2015) [9]
    3. Princess Madeleine Aurelia Viktoria Carin of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. Munich, 22 February 2017) [10]
  3. Prince Alexander Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. Coburg, 4 May 1977).

Ancestry

Patrilineal descent

Patrilineal descent

Notes

  1. Official family website
  2. Official family website
  3. Official family website
  4. Official family website
  5. "Prinzessin Carin ist tot". Neue Presse. 12 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  6. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels
  7. (in German) Neue Presse Coburg | Stolpersteine für die Traumhochzeit [ permanent dead link ]
  8. "HEAD OF THE HOUSE". Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  9. "HEAD OF THE HOUSE". Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  10. "HEAD OF THE HOUSE". Prince Andreas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Cadet branch of the House of Wettin
Born: 21 March 1943
Titles in pretence
Preceded by TITULAR 
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
23 January 1998 – present
Reason for succession failure:
Duchy abolished in 1918
Incumbent
Heir:
Hubertus

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