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Sophie Antoinette
Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Portrait by Francesco Carlo Rusca
Tenure1764–1800
Born(1724-01-13)13 January 1724
Wolfenbüttel
Died17 May 1802(1802-05-17) (aged 78)
Coburg
SpouseErnest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
IssueFrancis
Prince Karl Wilhelm
Princess Fredericka
Princess Caroline
Prince Ludwig Karl
Prince Ferdinand August
Prince Frederick
HouseHouse of Wettin
House of Brunswick-Bevern
FatherFerdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
MotherAntoinette Amelie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (13/23 January 1724, Wolfenbüttel – 17 May 1802, Coburg)[1] was the tenth of 17 children of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Marriage

She married Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld on 23 April 1749 at Wolfenbüttel.[1] Among her notable great-grandchildren were Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Empress Carlota of Mexico and Leopold II of Belgium.

  1. Franz Frederick Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. Coburg 15 July 1750- d. Coburg, 9 December 1806), father of Leopold I of Belgium and grandfather of Leopold II, Empress Carlota of Mexico, Queen Victoria of Great Britain, and her husband Prince Albert.
  2. Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand (b. Coburg, 21 November 1751- d. Coburg, 16 February 1757).
  3. Fredericka Juliane (b. Coburg, 14 September 1752 - d. Coburg, 24 September 1752).
  4. Caroline Ulrike Amalie (b. Coburg, 19 October 1753 - d. Coburg, 1 October 1829), a nun at Gandersheim.
  5. Ludwig Karl Frederick (b. Coburg, 2 January 1755 - d. Coburg, 4 May 1806); he had an illegitimate son by some Mademoiselle Brutel de la Riviére: Ludwig Frederick Emil of Coburg (b. Hildburghausen, 1779 - d. Coburg, 1827). In turn, the five children of Ludwig Frederick were created Freiherren von Coburg. His descendants still alive.
  6. Ferdinand August Heinrich (b. Coburg, 12 April 1756 - d. Coburg, 8 July 1758).
  7. Frederick (b. Coburg, 4 March 1758 - d. Coburg, 26 June 1758).

Ancestry

16. Henry III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
8. Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (=24)
17. Princess Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg
4. Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
18. John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow]
9. Duchess Elisabeth Sophia of Mecklenburg-Gustrow
19. Duchess Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch
2. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
20. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
10. Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege
21. Countess Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg
5. Landgravine Christina Wilhelmina of Hesse-Eschwege
22. John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg
11. Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken
23. Princess Katharina of Sweden
1. Duchess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
24. Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (=8)
12. Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
25. Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst
6. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
26. Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg-Nordborg
13. Princess Elisabeth Juliana Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg-Nordborg
27. Princess Eleonore of Anhalt-Zerbst
3. Duchess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
28. Joachim Ernest, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen
14. Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen
29. Countess Anna Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
7. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen
30. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
15. Duchess Christine Friederike of Württemberg
31. Countess Anna Katherina of Salm-Kyrburg

References

  1. ^ a b Huberty, M., Giraud, A., Magdelaine, F. & B. (1976–1994) L’Allemagne Dynastique, Vols I–VII (Alain Giraud, Le Perreux, France)
Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Cadet branch of the House of Welf
Born: 13 January 1724 Died: 17 May 1802
German royalty
Preceded by Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
16 September 1764 – 8 September 1800 		Succeeded by
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