Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
| Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | |
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| Duchess Alexander of Württemberg | |
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| Princess Antoinette, oil on canvas, 1794 | |
| Spouse | Duke Alexander of Württemberg |
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| Antoinette Marie, Duchess of Sax-Coburg and Gotha Paul of Württemberg Alexander, Duke of Württemberg Ernest of Württemberg Frederick Wilhelm Ferdinand of Württemberg |
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| Antoinette Ernestine Amalie | |
| House | House of Wettin |
| Father | Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
| Mother | Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf |
| Born | 28 August 1779 Coburg |
| Died | 14 March 1824 (aged 44) Saint Petersburg |
Princess Antoinette Ernestine Amalie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (28 August 1779, Coburg – 14 March 1824, Saint Petersburg) was a German princess of the House of Wettin. By marriage, she was a Duchess of Württemberg. Through her eldest surviving son, she is the ancestress of today's (Catholic) House of Württemberg.
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[edit] Family
Antoinette was the second daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and his wife, Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, daughter of count Heinrich XXIV. von Reuß-Ebersdorf and his wife Karoline Ernestine von Erbach-Schönberg. Her paternal grandparents were Ernst Friedrich and his wife princess Sofie Antoinette of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.
She was also the elder sister of King Leopold I of Belgium and the aunt of both Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert.
[edit] Marriage and issue
In Coburg on 17 November 1798, she married Alexander of Württemberg. The couple settled in Russia, where Alexander made a military and diplomatic career.
They had five children:
- Antoinette Marie of Württemberg (1799–1860), who in 1832 married Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
- Paul of Württemberg (1800–1801).
- Alexander of Württemberg (1804-1881), duke of Württemberg.
- Ernest of Württemberg (1807–1868), duke of Württemberg, who in 1860 married Nathalie Eschhorn von Grünhof (1829–1905). Their only daughter, Alexandra Nathalie Ernestine von Grünhof, married Robert von Keudell and had issue
- Frederick Wilhelm Ferdinand of Württemberg (Saint Petersburg 29 April 1810 – Saint Petersburg, 25 April 1815)
[edit] Ancestry
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[edit] Bibliography
- von Wiebeking, Carl Friedrich. Biographie des Herzogs Alexander zu Württemberg. Munich, 1835.
- Sauer, Paul. "Alexander (I.)." In Das Haus Württemberg. Ein biographisches Lexikon, ed. Sönke Lorenz, Dieter Mertens, and Volker Press. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1997. ISBN 3-17-013605-4
[edit] External links
Media related to Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld at Wikimedia Commons
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