Ferdinand Von Sachsencoburg

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German royalty, a prince of the house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and a general of cavalry in the Austrian Imperial and Royal Army during the Napoleonic Wars. He was the second son of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and of his wife, Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf. In 1826 his title changed from prince of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld to prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha when his brother Duke Ernst I made a territorial exchange with other members of the family. Ferdinand's nephews and nieces included Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her husband Prince Albert, as well as Empress Carlota of Mexico, and her brother King Leopold II of Belgium. In Vienna on 30 November 1815, Ferdinand married Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya, daughter and heiress of Ferenc József, Fürst Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya. When Antonia's father died in 1826, she inherited his estates in Hungary. Ferdinand then added the surname Koháry to his own. Ferdinand and Antonia had four children all of whom were raised Catholic: Ferdinand II of Portugal (1816–1885); August (1818–1881) who would father Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria; Victoria (1822–1857), who married Louis, Duke of Nemours; and Leopold (1824–1884). Ferdinand died at Vienna on 27 August 1851 at the age of 66. Link to Wikipedia biography