Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
| Princess Sophie | |||||
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| Countess of Mensdorff-Pouilly | |||||
 Sophie, Countess of Mensdorff-Pouilly, born Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | |||||
| Spouse | Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly | ||||
| Issue |
Hugo Ferdinand von Mensdorff-Pouilly Alphons, Count von Mensdorff-Pouilly Alfred Carl von Mensdorff-Pouilly Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly Leopold Emanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly Arthur August von Mensdorff-Pouilly | ||||
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| House |
House of Wettin (by birth) House of Mensdorff-Pouilly (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | ||||
| Mother | Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf | ||||
| Born |
19 August 1778 Coburg | ||||
| Died |
9 July 1835 (aged 56) Tuschimitz, Bohemia | ||||
Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Sophie Fredericka Caroline Louise; 19 August 1778 – 9 July 1835) was a princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and the sister of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and King Leopold I of Belgium, and aunt of Queen Victoria. By marriage, she was a Countess of Mensdorff-Pouilly.
Early Life
She was born in Coburg, the eldest child of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf. She met her future husband, Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly, at Schloss Fantaisie, a meeting place for French emigrants.[1] They married on 23 February 1804 in Coburg. Her husband was elevated to count in 1818.
In 1830, she published her romantic collection of fairy tales, Mährchen und Erzählungen. Sophie received the Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Catherine.[2]
Princess Sophie died in Tuschimitz, Bohemia.
Family
Emmanuel and Sophie had six sons:
- Hugo Ferdinand von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1806–1847)
- Alphons, Count von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1810–1894); married, firstly, in 1843, Countess Therese von Dietrichstein-Proskau-Leslie (1823–1856). Married, secondly, in 1862, Countess Maria Thersia von Lamberg (1833–1876).
- Alfred Carl von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1812–1814)
- Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1813–1871), Fürst von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg 1868, was Austrian Foreign Minister and Prime Minister of Austria in the 1860s; married in 1857 Countess Alexandrine Maria von Dietrichstein-Proskau-Leslie (1824–1906).
- Leopold Emanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1815–1832)
- Arthur August von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1817–1904); married, firstly, in 1853, Magdalene Kremzow (1835–1899), divorced in 1882. Married, secondly, in 1902, Countess Bianca Albertina von Wickenburg (1837–1912)
References
- ↑ Charles Grey: Die Jugendjahre des Prinzen Albert von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, Perthes, 1868, p. 311
- ↑ Philipp Carl Gotthard Karche: Jahrbücher der Herzoglich Sächsischen Residenzstadt Coburg, Ahl, 1829, p. 70
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