Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry (Johannes Heinrich Friedrich Werner Konrad Rainer Maria; Slovak: ''Ján Henrich'', Hungarian: ''János Henrik''; 28 March 1931, in Innsbruck – 14 April 2010, in Innsbruck) was a prince of the

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry is the Roman Catholic, Catholic cadet branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, founded after the marriage of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág, Princess ...

and the last holder of Csábrág and Szitnya, both in modern-day

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, lost to the communist regime of

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. He was the only son of

Prince Rainer of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Rainer Maria Joseph Florian Ignatius Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in German: ''Rainer Maria Joseph Florian Ignatius Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga, Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha'' (4 May 1900, in Pola � ...

by his first wife, Johanna Károlyi von Károlyi-Patty und Vasvár.

Life

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

on 24 October 1957, Johannes Heinrich married, firstly, Baroness Gabrielle von

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(22 June 1921 – 5 October 2007). They had one daughter: *Princess Felicitas of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry (b.

Sorengo Sorengo is a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. History Sorengo was first mentioned in 1189 as ''Sourengo'' when the S. Lorenzo Cathedral in Lugano acquired the right to collect tithes. In the Lat ...

, 6 April 1958) she married Serge Trotzky, from ancient Russian nobility on 15 November 1987. They have six children: **Konstantin Trotzky (16 March 1988) **Marie-Eudoxie Trotzky (29. June 1989), who married Count Leo Czernin von und zu Chudenitz in September 2017. **Nikolaus Trotzky (9 July 1991) **Xenia Trotzky (25. February 1993) **Tatjana Trotzky (1996) **Alexander Trotzky (21. May 2003) Johannes Heinrich and Gabrielle were divorced on 4 July 1968.ThePeerage.com
retrieved 18-01-10. Four months later, in

on 12 November 1968, Johannes Heinrich married, secondly, Princess Mathilde of Saxony, a medical doctor and granddaughter of King

Frederick Augustus III of Saxony en, Frederick Augustus John Louis Charles Gustav Gregory Philip von Wettin , image = Friedrich August III van Saksen.jpg , caption = Frederick Augustus III (1914) , succession = King of Saxony , reign = 15 October 1904 – ...

. They had one son: # Prince Johannes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry (17 November 1969 – 21 August 1987). Johannes Heinrich and Mathilde divorced on 27 August 1993. Johannes Heinrich also had an illegitimate daughter named Christine Johanna Wieser (b. 29 March 1968 in Innsbruck) with Dr. Med. Edda Wieser (6 November 1940 – 16 December 1996). After the death of Johannes Heinrich, the heir to the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry is the former King

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, due to the exclusion of Johannes Heinrich's uncle

Philipp Philipp is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: "Philipp" has also been a shortened version of Philippson, a German surname especially prevalent amongst German Jews and Dutch Jews. Surname * Adolf Philipp (1864 ...

morganatic marriage Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spous ...

on 23 April 1944 to Sarah Aurelia Halasz, and his descendants (their only son and four grandchildren were barred from the succession).

Ancestry

References

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