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Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

1737 - 1815

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Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (German: Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld; 26 December 1737 – 26 February 1815) was a military commander in the army of the Holy Roman Empire. He began his career at the age of 18 in a cavalry regiment with which he took part in the Seven Years' War. Coburg's bravery allowed him to quickly rise through the ranks. Promoted to colonel in 1759, he became a general officer in the following years and, in this capacity, took command of an army corps during the Austro-Turkish War. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld is the 738th most popular military personnel (up from 1,038th in 2019), the 1,883rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,525th in 2019) and the 134th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ranks 738 out of 2,058. Before her are Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, Werner Ostendorff, Wei Qing, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, Karl-Adolf Hollidt, and Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma. After her are Albert Leo Schlageter, George Meade, Herbert Kappler, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Andriy Melnyk, and Roustam Raza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ranks 16. Before her are Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Louise of France, Tokugawa Ieharu, Morten Thrane Brünnich, and George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney. After her are Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Princess Augusta of Great Britain, John Hancock, Jacob Philipp Hackert, Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau. Among people deceased in 1815, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ranks 13. Before her are Jan Potocki, Guillaume Brune, Carsten Niebuhr, Emma, Lady Hamilton, José María Morelos, and Smithson Tennant. After her are 9th Dalai Lama, Charles Lee, John Carroll, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Richard Bassett, and Ahmad al-Tijani.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ranks 1,883 out of 7,253. Before her are Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1905), Princess Mathilde of Bavaria (1877), Eugen Fink (1905), and Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma (1891). After her are Albert Leo Schlageter (1894), Oskar Gröning (1921), Theodor Nöldeke (1836), Herbert Kappler (1907), Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels (1648), and Hemma (800).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ranks 134. Before her are Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (1886), Lothar von Trotha (1848), Hans Langsdorff (1894), Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (1759), Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891), and Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma (1891). After her are Albert Leo Schlageter (1894), Herbert Kappler (1907), Hans Hermann von Katte (1704), Max Immelmann (1890), Erich Brandenberger (1892), and Heinz Hitler (1920).

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