Princess Sophie of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Princess Ernestine Friederike Sophie of Saxe-Hildburghausen (22 February 1760, Hildburghausen – 28 October 1776, Coburg), was a Princess of Saxe-Hildburghausen by birth, and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.
Life
Ernestine Friederike Sophie was the daughter of Duke Ernest Frederick III of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1727–1780) and Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar (1740–1786). Her godparents were the Danish royal couple, the King of Poland, and the Regents of the houses of Saxe-Coburg, Saxe-Weimar, Mecklenburg and Württemberg.
On 6 March 1776, she married at the age of 16 in Hildburghausen the hereditary prince and later Duke Francis Frederick Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. At the time, Francis was already in love with his future wife Augusta, but he was unable to break off his engagement with Sophie.
Sophie died of influenza just six months later, on 28 October 1776. She remained childless. She was buried in the crypt of the Maurice Church in Coburg.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Princess Sophie of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
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16. Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
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8. Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
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17. Sophie of Waldeck |
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4. Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
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18. George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach |
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9. Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach |
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19. Amalie Katharina, Countess of Waldeck-Eisenberg |
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2. Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
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20. George Albert II, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau |
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10.Philipp Karl, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau |
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21. Anna Dorothea Christine, Countess of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg |
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5. Caroline of Erbach-Fürstenau |
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22. Johannes Dietrich, Count of Kunowitz |
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11.Countess Charlotte Amalie von Kunowitz |
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23. Dorothea, Countess of Lippe-Brake |
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1. Princess Sophie of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
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24. Johann Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar |
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12.Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar |
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25. Christine Elisabeth of Holstein-Sonderburg |
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6. Ernest August I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar |
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26. Johann, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst |
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13.Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst |
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27. Sophie Augusta, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp |
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3. Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar |
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28. Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach |
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14.Georg Friedrich Karl, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth |
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29. Sophie Christiane, Countess of Wolfstein |
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7. Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth |
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30. Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck |
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15.Princess Dorothea of Schelswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck |
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31. Luise Charlotte, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg |
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References
- Heinrich Ferdinand Schöppl: Die Herzoge von Sachsen-Altenburg, Bolzano, 1917, reprint Altenburg, 1992
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Persondata |
Name |
Sophie von Sachsen-Hildburghausen |
Alternative names |
Ernestine Friederike Sophie von Sachsen-Hildburghausen |
Short description |
Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
Date of birth |
22 February 1760 |
Place of birth |
Hildburghausen |
Date of death |
28 October 1776 |
Place of death |
Coburg |