Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
| Princess Victoria | |
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| Duchess of Nemours | |
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| Victoria (left) with Queen Victoria, 1852 | |
| Spouse | Louis of Orléans |
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| Gaston, Emperor of Brazil Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon Marguerite, Princess Władysław Czartoryski |
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| Full name | |
| Viktoria Franziska Antonia Juliane Luise | |
| House | House of Orléans House of Wettin |
| Father | Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
| Mother | Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág |
| Born | 14 February 1822 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 10 December 1857 (aged 35) Claremont House, England |
| Burial | Chapelle royale de Dreux |
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Victoria Franziska Antonia Juliane Luise; 14 February 1822 – 10 December 1857) was the daughter of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág. Her father was the second son of Francis Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf.
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[edit] Biography
Born to Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág. Her mother was the daughter and heiress of Ferenc József, Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya. When Antonia's father died in 1826, she inherited his estates in Slovakia and Hungary. Ferdinand then added the surname Koháry to his own. As such after the age of four, Victoria was known as Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry. Her elder brother was King Ferdinand II of Portugal and first cousins included British Queen Victoria, her husband Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as well as Belgian King Leopold II and his sister, Empress Carlota of Mexico.
On 27 April 1840, at the Château de Saint-Cloud, she married Louis d'Orléans, known since birth as the Duke of Nemours.
The Duke and Duchess of Nemours had four children, all of them having issue except the last, Blanche who never married. She was outlived by her husband who died in 1896. She died two months after giving birth to Blanche at Claremont. She was buried at the Chapelle royale de Dreux, the Royal basilica of the House of Orléans, in 1979, having been transferred from the Chapel of Saint Charles Borromeo in Weybridge.
[edit] Issue
- Louis Philippe Marie Ferdinand Gaston d'Orléans, Count of Eu (28 April 1842 – 28 August 1922), who married Isabella, eldest daughter and heiress of Dom Pedro II of Brazil;
- Ferdinand Philippe Marie d'Orléans, Duke of Alençon (12 July 1844 – 29 June 1910), who married Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847–1897), sister of Elizabeth, Empress of Austria ("Sisi"), and who had been for a time engaged to Ludwig II of Bavaria;
- Marguerite Adelaide (1846–1893), who married Prince Ladislaus Czartoryski;
- Blanche Marie Amelie Caroline Louise Victoire d'Orléans (28 October 1857 – 4 February 1932).
[edit] Titles, styles, honours and arms
[edit] Titles and styles
- 14 February 1822 – 27 June 1826: Her Serene Highness Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess in Saxony
- 27 June 1826 – 27 April 1840: Her Serene Highness Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess in Saxony
- 27 April 1840 – 10 December 1857: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Nemours
[edit] External links
Media related to Category:Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha at Wikimedia Commons
[edit] See also
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