Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
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.
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.
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:
- Paul of Württemberg (1800–1801).
- Ernest of Württemberg (1807–1868), duke of Württemberg, who in 1860 married Nathalie Eschhorn von Grünhof (1829–1905)
Ancestry
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16. John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
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8. Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
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17. Charlotte Johanne of Waldeck-Pyrmont |
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4. Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
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18. Ludwig Friedrich I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
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9. Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt |
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19. Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |
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2. Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
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20. Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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10. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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21. Christine of Hesse-Eschwege |
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5. Duchess Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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22. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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11. Antonietta Amalie of Brunswick-Blankenburg |
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23. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen |
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1. Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
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24. Heinrich X, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein |
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12. Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf |
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25. Countess Erdmuthe Benigna of Solms-Laubach |
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6. Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf |
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26. Wolfgang Dietrich, Count of Castell-Castell |
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13. Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen |
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27. Countess Dorothea Renata of Zinzendorf |
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3. Princess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf |
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28. Georg Albrecht II, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau |
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14. Georg August, Count of Erbach-Schönberg |
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29. Countess Anna Dorothea Christine of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg |
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7. Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg |
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30. Ludwig Christian, Count of Stolberg-Gedern |
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15. Ferdinande Henriette, Countess of Stolbert-Gedern |
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31. Duchess Christine of Mecklenburg-Güstrow |
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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
External links
Media related to Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld at Wikimedia Commons
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| 1st generation |
Princess Charlotte Sophie* · Charlotte Wilhelmine, Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg* · Sophie Wilhelmine, Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt* · Princess Henriette Albertine* · Princess Louise Emilie* · Princess Charlotte* · Princess Henriette Albertine*
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| 2nd generation |
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| 3rd generation |
Princess Fredericke Juliane · Princess Caroline Ulrike Amalie
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| 4th generation |
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| 5th generation |
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* princess of Saxe-Saalfeld until 1699
** became princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1826
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Antoinette Von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
28 August 1779 |
| Place of birth |
Coburg |
| Date of death |
14 March 1824 |
| Place of death |
Saint Petersburg |