Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg

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Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg
Duchess consort of Anhalt
Spouse Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt
Issue
Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt
Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt
Elisabeth, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Eduard, Duke of Anhalt
Prince Aribert of Anhalt
Alexandra, Princess of Schwarzburg
Full name
Antoinette Charlotte Marie Josephine Karoline Frida
House House of Wettin
Father Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg
Mother Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Born 17 April 1838(1838-04-17)
Bamberg
Died 13 October 1908(1908-10-13) (aged 70)
Berchtesgaden

Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg ( 17 April 1838 – 13 October 1908) was the second child of Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg and Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Marriage

On 22 April 1854, at Altenburg, Antoinette married Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt.[1] They had six children:[2]

  1. Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt (1855–1886), married Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Kassel in 1884.
  2. Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt (1856–1918), married Princess Marie of Baden in 1889.
  3. Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt (1857–1933), married Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg in Strelitz in 1877.
  4. Eduard, Duke of Anhalt (1861–1918), married Princess Luise of Saxe-Altenburg.
  5. Prince Aribert of Anhalt (1866–1933), married Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein.
  6. Princess Alexandra of Anhalt (1868–1958), married Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg.

[edit] Ancestry

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Duke of Anhalt Is Dead", The New York Times (Dessau), 25 January 1904 
  2. ^ Theroff, Paul. "Anhalt". http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/anhalt.html. Retrieved 2008-12-19. [dead link]


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