Saxe-Coburg-Koháry

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The Sachsen-Coburg-Koháry house is a secondary generation of the Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld house and was founded through the marriage of Ferdinand Georg von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld to Princess Maria Antonie Gabriele from the Hungarian magnate family Koháry .

Family history

founding

On January 2, 1816, Ferdinand Georg , the second son of Duke Franz Friedrich von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750–1806), officer in the Austrian military, married Maria Antonia Koháry , the sole heiress of the Koháry estates in Hungary and Austria , in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna . In 1818 Ferdinand converted to the Catholic faith and founded the Austrian Catholic line of the House of Saxe-Coburg. In 1831 Ferdinand Georg accepted the title of Duke as Fideikommissherr of the Sachsen-Coburg-Koharyschen estates . After the marriage of the eldest son Ferdinand to Queen Maria of Portugal, the construction of the Palais Coburg began as a representative family seat in Vienna.

The Portuguese line

With the marriage of the eldest son Ferdinand to Queen Maria of Portugal in 1836, the Coburg-Braganza line was established and held the throne of Portugal until 1910.

The ducal line

In 1831 Ferdinand Georg had accepted the title of duke as entertainer of the Sachsen-Coburg-Koharyschen estates . After his death, his second son August took over the title and family property. In 1843 he married Princess Clementine d'Orléans (1817–1907), the daughter of King Louis-Philippe I. In 1860 he donated the St. Augustin Church in Coburg as the burial place of the Catholic family branch. Prince Philipp von Sachsen-Coburg , the eldest son, succeeded his father. In 1921 he bequeathed the title and property to his great-nephew Philipp Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1985).

The Brazilian line

Ludwig August von Sachsen-Coburg (1845–1907), the second son of Prince August and Clementine von Orleans, married Princess Leopoldina of Brazil , a daughter of Emperor Peter II, in Rio de Janeiro in 1864. The eldest son Peter (1866–1934) was the imperial Brazilian heir to the throne. After the fall of the Brazilian monarchy, the family returned to Europe. The second eldest son August Leopold (1867-1922) joined the Austrian Navy and married Archduchess Karoline of Austria-Tuscany (1869-1945). His son Philipp Josias of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1985) inherited his great-uncle Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg in 1921 . His descendants still live in Austria today.

The Bulgarian line

Ferdinand (1861–1948), the youngest son of August (1818–1881) and Clementine d'Orléans (1817–1907), was elected Prince of Bulgaria in 1885. In 1908 he accepted the title of Tsar of Bulgaria . In 1918 he stepped in favor of his son Boris III. (1894–1943) and went into exile in Coburg. After Boris's death, his younger brother Kyrill (1895–1945) reigned for his underage nephew Simeon II (* 1937). But after the invasion of Soviet troops on September 9, 1944 and the Communists seizing power, the members of the Regency Council were sentenced to death and executed in February 1945 , but Simeon initially remained king. After a suitably managed referendum in 1946, the Bulgarians voted for the republic with 3.8 million against only 200,000 votes. The abolition of the monarchy forced the royal family to flee.

Tribe list

  1. Maria Antonie Gabriele von Koháry ⚭ Ferdinand Georg August von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld-Koháry (1785–1851), founder of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry family
    1. Ferdinand II (1816–1885), King of Portugal ⚭ 1. 1836 Queen Maria II of Portugal (1819–1853), 2. ⚭ 2. 1869 Elise Friederike Hensler (1836–1929), “ Countess of Edla ” 1869
      1. Peter V (1853–1861)
      2. Ludwig I (1861-1889)
        1. Charles I (1889–1908)
          1. Ludwig Philipp (born March 21, 1887 - † February 1, 1908)
          2. Emanuel II (1908-1910)
    2. August (1818–1881) ⚭ 1843 Princess Clementine d'Orléans (1817–1907)
      1. Philipp (1844–1921) ⚭ 1875 Princess Louise of Belgium (1858–1924)
        1. Leopold (1878-1916)
        2. Dorothea (1881–1967) ⚭ 1898 Duke Ernst Günther of Schleswig-Holstein (1863–1921)
      2. August (1845–1907), Imperial Brazilian Admiral ⚭ Princess Leopoldina of Brazil (1847–1871)
        1. Peter (1866-1934)
        2. August Leopold (1867–1922) ⚭ 1894 Archduchess Karoline of Austria-Tuscany (1869–1945)
          1. August Clemens Karl (1895–1908)
          2. Clementine Maria (1897–1975) ⚭ 1925 Eduard von Heller (1877–1970)
          3. Maria Karoline (1899–1941)
          4. Rainer Maria Joseph (1900–1945) ⚭ 1. 1930 (closed 1935) Johanna Károlyi de Károly-Patty (1906–1992), ⚭ 2. 1940 Edith de Kózol (1913–1997)
          5. Philipp Josias (1901–1985) ⚭ 1944 Sarah Aurelia Hálasz (1914–1994)
            1. Philipp August von Sachsen-Coburg and Gotha (1944–2014), four children as descendants
          6. Theresia Christiana (1902–1990) ⚭ 1930 Freiherr Lamoral Taxis von Bordogna and Valnigra (1900–1966)
            1. Tasso from Saxe-Coburg and Braganza
          7. Leopoldine Blanka (1905–1978)
          8. Ernst Franz (1907–1978) ⚭ 1939 Irmgard Röll (1912–1976)
        3. Joseph (1869-1888)
        4. Ludwig (1870–1942) ⚭ 1st 1900 Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (1877–1906), ⚭ 2nd 1907 Countess Anna von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (1873–1948)
          1. Antonius (born June 17, 1901 in Innsbruck; † September 1, 1970 in Haar) ⚭ May 14, 1938 Luise Marie Mayrhofer, without children
          2. Maria Immaculata (born September 10, 1904 in Innsbruck, † March 18, 1940 in Varese), unmarried
          3. Josephine Maria Anna (born September 20, 1911; † November 27, 1997) ⚭ May 12, 1937 Richard Friedrich Baron von Baratta-Dragano; divorced on February 23, 1945, two children as descendants
      3. Clotilde (1846–1927) ⚭ 1864 Archduke Joseph Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833–1905)
      4. Amalie (1848–1894) ⚭ 1875 Duke Max Emanuel in Bavaria (1849–1893)
      5. Ferdinand (1861–1948), later Prince and Tsar of Bulgaria ⚭ 1. 1893 Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870–1899), ⚭ 2. 1908 Princess Eleonore Reuss zu Köstritz (1860–1917)
        1. Boris III (1894–1943)
          1. Marie Louise, Princess of Koháry (* 1933) ⚭ (I) 1957 Karl, Prince of Leiningen ⚭ (II) 1969 Bronislaw Chrobok
            1. (I) Prince Boris zu Leiningen
            2. (I) Prince Hermann zu Leiningen
            3. (II) Princess Alexandra (Chrobok) of Kohary
            4. (II) Prince Pawel (Chrobok) of Kohary
          2. Simeon (* 1937)
            1. Cardam (1962–2015) ⚭ Miriam de Ungria (* 1963)
              1. Boris (* 1997)
              2. Beltran (* 1999)
            2. Kiril (* 1964) ⚭ Rosario Nadal de Puigdorfila (* 1968)
              1. Mafalda (* 1994)
              2. Olympia (* 1995)
              3. Tassilo (* 2002)
            3. Kubrat (* 1965) ⚭ Carla Royo-Villanova (* 1969)
              1. Mirko (* 1995)
              2. Lukas (* 1997)
              3. Tirso (* 2002)
            4. Konstantin-Assen (* 1967) ⚭ Maria Gracia de la Rasilla (* 1970)
              1. Umberto (* 1999)
              2. Sofia (* 1999)
            5. Kalina (* 1972) ⚭ Antonio "Kitín" Muñoz Valcárcel (* 1958)
              1. Simeon Hassan Muñoz (* 2007)
        2. Kyrill (1895-1945)
        3. Eudoxia Auguste Philippine (1898–1985)
        4. Nadeshda Klementine Maria Pia Majella (1899-1958), married on January 24, 1924 in Bad Mergentheim Albrecht Eugen Duke of Württemberg
    3. Viktoria (1822–1857) ⚭ 1840 Louis d'Orléans, duc de Nemours (1814–1896)
    4. Leopold (1824–1884) ⚭ 1861 Konstanze Geiger (1835–1890) “ Freifrau von Ruttenstein ” 1862

Possessions

Fideikommiss

The Saxe-Coburg-Koháry family owned extensive land in Lower Austria, Hungary and today's Slovakia with goods, forests, mines and factories. With around 145,000 yoke , equivalent to 83,000 hectares , the Coburgs were the third largest landowners in Hungary until the end of the First World War. The property was summarized in two entails . Due to the rich income from the estates, the Catholic line founded by Ferdinand Georg von Sachsen-Coburg became financially completely independent of the ruling ducal house in Coburg . As an outward sign, the Fideikommissherren used the title Duke .

When Prince Franz Joseph died in 1826, the Koháry male fiefs fell back to the emperor and were given by him to Ferdinand Georg in 1831 for his services as general of the cavalry. In the same year, he donated this property to Prince Ferdinand Coburg's Fideikommiss . Through his wife Maria Antonia Koháry he also came into the possession of Countess Koháryschen Fideikommisse s donated by Stephan II Koháry in 1723 . In his will, Prince Ferdinand Georg determined that both entails are to be kept in personal union. Because of a provision in the deed of foundation of the Count of Koháry's entails, the owner of the same had to be Catholic.

Castles

Burial places

Ferdinand Georg and his wife Maria Antonia Koháry are buried in the ducal mausoleum in the cemetery on Glockenberg in Coburg. Her son August donated the St. Augustin Church in Coburg in 1860 and had a new burial place laid there for himself and his family. 15 members of the house are buried there.

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d August Wilpert: Brief history of the catholic, so-called "Koháry" line of the ducal house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Munich 1990, page 3f., Http://gateway-bayern.de/BV014584282
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento from September 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Conversations-Lexikon der Gegenwart , Volume 9, page 29
  4. ^ Friedrich Maximilian Oertel: The year 1858-66 , 1859, p. 42
  5. ↑ Joseph Tafler, Rudolf Eisler:  Messages from the audience. (…) Explanation. In:  Neue Freie Presse , Morgenblatt, No. 21711/1925, February 22, 1925, p. 10 middle. (Online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nfp
  6. ↑ http://koeniglicherbeobachter.blogspot.co.at/2014/09/philipp-august-prinz-von-sachsen-coburg.html
  7. ↑ a b http://www.angelfire.com/realm/gotha/gotha/bulgaria.html
  8. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from September 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) page 4
  9. ↑ http://www.edelenyikastelysziget.hu/kastely

Web links

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