Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
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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
.
She was also the elder sister of King Leopold I of Belgium
and the aunt of both Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert.
They had five children:
Coburg
Coburg is a town located on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. Long one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920...
– 14 March 1824, Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
) 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
House of Württemberg
The Württemberg family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Württemberg. The House has its origins, according to recent research, probably in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty.-History:...
.
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
Leopold I of Belgium
Leopold I was from 21 July 1831 the first King of the Belgians, following Belgium's independence from the Netherlands. He was the founder of the Belgian line of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...
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:
- Antoinette Marie of Württemberg (1799–1860), who in 1832 married Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
- Paul of Württemberg (1800–1801).
- Alexander of Württemberg (1804-1881), duke of Württemberg.
- Ernest of Württemberg (1807–1868), duke of Württemberg, who in 1860 married Nathalie Eschhorn von Grünhof (1829–1905)
- Frederick Wilhelm Ferdinand of Württemberg (Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
29 April 1810 – Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, 25 April 1815)