Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Head of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry
Tenure	27 June 1826 – 27 August 1851
Successor	Prince August
Born	Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1785-03-28)28 March 1785 Coburg
Died	27 August 1851(1851-08-27) (aged 66) Vienna
Burial	Mausoleum at Friedhof am Glockenberg [de], Coburg
Spouse	Princess Maria Antonia Koháry of Csábrág and Szitnya ​ ​ (m. 1815)​
Issue	Ferdinand II of Portugal Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Victoria, Duchess of Nemours Prince Leopold
Names Ferdinand Georg August
House	Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1785–1826) Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry (1826–1851)
Father	Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Mother	Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf
Religion	Catholicism prev. Lutheranism
Military career
Service/branch	Army of the Holy Roman Empire
Years of service	1791–1828
Rank	General of the cavalry
Commands held	Inhaber of the Husaren-Regiment Nr. 8.
Battles/wars	War of the Fifth Coalition War of the Sixth Coalition

Prince Ferdinand Georg August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (28 March 1785 – 27 August 1851) was a German 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. Initially remaining a Lutheran until 1818, by marriage he established the Catholic branch of the family, which eventually gained the thrones of Portugal (1837) and Bulgaria (1887).^[1]: 107