Marie of Württemberg | |
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Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | |
Spouse | Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
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Antoinette Friederike Auguste Marie Anna | |
House | House of Württemberg House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Father | Duke Alexander of Württemberg |
Mother | Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
Born | 17 September 1799 Coburg |
Died | 24 September 1860 Gotha |
(aged 61)
Marie of Württemberg (full name: Antoinette Friederike Auguste Marie Anna Herzogin von Württemberg) (17 September 1799 – 24 September 1860) was a daughter of Duke Alexander of Württemberg and Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
In Coburg on 23 December 1832, Marie became the second wife of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who was also her uncle (as her mother Antoinette was Ernest's sibling). They had no children.
She was therefore the stepmother of Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. She was a godmother of Albert and Victoria's eldest son Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom), although she was not physically present at his baptism.
Duchess Marie of Württemberg
Born: 17 September 1799 Died: 24 September 1860 |
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Preceded by Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg as Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1826–1844 |
Succeeded by Alexandrine of Baden |
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