Andreas Michael Friedrich Hans Armin Siegfried Hubertus Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha Herzog von Sachsen (21 March 1943 – 3 April 2025) was a German landowner who was the head of the former ducal

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from 1998 until his death in 2025.

Early life

Andreas was born at Schloss Casel in

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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 was a first cousin of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (and was 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

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in the

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, where he spent his childhood with his mother and her second husband, Richard Whitten. Andreas became

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to the headship of the former 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 house, permanently returning in 1965. He completed his

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between 1966 and 1968 in the Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion 6 based in

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, Schleswig-Holstein. After leaving the army, Andreas trained as a timber merchant in Hamburg from 1969 to 1971.

Head of the house

Andreas succeeded to the headship of the family upon his father's death on 23 January 1998. In 2006, Andreas created the Ducal Saxe-Coburg and Gotha House Order, which is based on the extinct Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order. Andreas was the owner of Callenberg Castle in Coburg and Greinburg Castle in Grein, Austria. He managed the family estates including farms, forests and real estate.

Marriage and issue

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civilly on 18 June and religiously on 31 July 1971, Andreas married Carin Dabelstein (b. Hamburg, 16 July 1946, d. Coburg, 11 November 2023), daughter of Adolf Wilhelm Martin Dabelstein,

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and

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, and wife Irma Maria Margarete Callsen. They had three children: *Stephanie (b.1972), m. July 2018 Dr Jan Stahl (b. 1968) * Hubertus (b. 1975) m. 2009 Kelly Rondestvedt *Alexander (b.1977).

Death

Andreas died in

Coburg Coburg ( , ) is a Town#Germany, town located on the Itz (river), Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Ernestine duchies, Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only ...

on 3 April 2025, at the age of 82.Der „Chef des Hauses“ Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha ist tot

Ancestry

Patrilineal descent

# Theodoric I of Wettin, c. 916–976 # Dedo I, Count of Wettin, 950–1009 # Theodoric II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia, c. 990–1034 # Thimo the Brave, Count of Wettin, c. 1015–1090/1091 or 1100 # Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, c. 1097–1157 # Otto II, Margrave of Meissen, 1125–1190 # Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen, 1162–1221 #

Henry III, Margrave of Meissen Henry III, called Henry the Illustrious (''Heinrich der Erlauchte'') (c. 1215 – 15 February 1288) from the House of Wettin was Margrave of Meissen and last Margrave of Lusatia (as Henry IV) from 1221 until his death; from 1242 also Landgrav ...

, 1215–1288 #

Albert II, Margrave of Meissen Albert II, the Degenerate (de: ''Albrecht II der Entartete'') (1240 – 20 November 1314) was a Margrave of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia and Count Palatine of Saxony. He was a member of the House of Wettin. He was the eldest son of Henry III, ...

, 1240–1314 # Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen, 1257–1323 # Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen, 1310–1349 # Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia, 1332–1381 #

Frederick I, Elector of Saxony Frederick I, the Belligerent or the Warlike (; 11 April 1370 – 4 January 1428), a member of the House of Wettin, ruled as List of margraves of Meissen, Margrave of Meissen from 1407 and List of rulers of Saxony, Elector of Saxony (as Fred ...

, 1370–1428 #

Frederick II, Elector of Saxony Frederick II, The Gentle (''Friedrich, der Sanftmütige''; Frederick the Gentle; 22 August 1412 – 7 September 1464) was Elector of Saxony (1428–1464) and was Landgrave of Thuringia (1440–1445). Biography Frederick was born in Leipzig, th ...

, 1412–1464 # Ernest, Elector of Saxony, 1441–1486 # John, Elector of Saxony, 1468–1532 # John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, 1503–1554 # Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, 1530–1573 # Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, 1570–1605 # Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, 1601–1675 # John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1658–1729 # Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1697–1764 # Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1724–1800 # Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1750–1806 # Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1784–1844 #

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from Wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, th ...

, 1819–1861 # Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, 1853–1884 # Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1884–1954 # Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1918–1998 #Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1943–2025

Notes

External links

Website of Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Callenberg Castle website
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