Prince Joseph Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | |
Full Name: | Joseph Ferdinand Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga |
House: | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry |
Father: | Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Mother: | Princess Leopoldina of Brazil |
Birth Name: | Prinz Joseph Ferdinand von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Herzog von Sachsen |
Birth Date: | 21 May 1869 |
Birth Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil |
Death Place: | Wiener Neustadt, Austria-Hungary |
Burial Place: | St. Augustin, Coburg |
Prince Joseph Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (full name Joseph Ferdinand Maria Michael Gabriel Raphael Gonzaga; 21 May 1869 – 13 August 1888), known in Brazil as Dom José Fernando, was a prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry. Born in Leopoldina Palace, Rio de Janeiro, he was the third son of Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife Princess Leopoldina of Brazil. He died of pneumonia at the age of 19 in Wiener Neustadt and is buried at St. Augustin, Coburg.