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Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
(given name

Given name

A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

s: Andreas Michael Friedrich Hans Armin Siegfried Hubertus; born 21 March 1943 in Kasel-Golzig

Kasel-Golzig

Kasel-Golzig is a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg in Germany.-References:...

) has been the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is a German dynasty, the senior line of the Saxon House of Wettin that ruled the Ernestine duchies, including the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha....

 and titular Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha served as the collective name of two duchies, Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha, in Germany. They were located in what today are the states of Bavaria and Thuringia, respectively, and the two were in personal union between 1826 and 1918...

 since 1998. He is the grandson of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the fourth and last reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, two duchies in Germany , and the head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1900 until his death in 1954...

, the last ruling duke.

Biography

The Prince was born to Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and the former Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth

Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth

Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth -Early life:...

. He became heir-apparent to the Headship on 6 March 1954, when his father became the Head. Prince Andreas succeeded to the Headship on his father's death on 23 January 1998. In 2006 Prince Andreas created the Ducal Saxe-Coburg and Gotha House Order.

Marriage

In Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

 on 31 July 1971, Andreas married Karin Dabelstein (b. 16 July 1946), daughter of Adolf Wilhelm Martin Dabelstein and wife Irma Maria Marguerite Cellsen. The marriage, although unequal, is not morganatic

Morganatic marriage

In the context of European royalty, a morganatic marriage is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which prevents the passage of the husband's titles and privileges to the wife and any children born of the marriage...

, and was authorized by Andreas's father. They have had three children, who inherit the ducal styles and titles:

1. Princess Stephanie Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. Hamburg, 31 January 1972).
2. Hereditary Prince Hubertus Michael of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
   Hubertus, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
   Hubertus Michael, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony is the heir of the head of the family which ruled the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha until 1918....
   
    (b. Hamburg, 16 September 1975), the heir-apparent to the Headship.
3. Prince Alexander Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. Coburg, 4 May 1977).

He is in the line of succession to the British throne

Line of succession to the British Throne

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 being a great-grandson of Queen Victoria's

Victoria of the United Kingdom

Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....

 youngest son Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

The Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany was the eighth child and fourth son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Leopold was later created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow...

. However, were the Dukedom of Albany

Duke of Albany

Duke of Albany is a peerage title that has occasionally been bestowed on the younger sons in the Scottish, and later the British, royal family, particularly in the Houses of Stuart and Hanover....

 to be restored, he would not be the holder. Instead, Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1961)

Hubertus Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha is the eldest son of Prince Ernst Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his first wife Ingeborg Henig. He is the current titular pretender to the Dukedom of Albany.-Early life:Hubertus was born at Herrenberg, West Germany...

 would inherit the dukedom as heir-male of the last Duke of Albany through his grandfather Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the eldest son of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg...

. Prince Andreas has both German and British nationality. He performed military service from 1966 to 1968. Prince Andreas completed a traineeship in timber management from 1969 to 1971.

Ancestry

External links

• House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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