Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg

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Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg
Duchess consort of Anhalt
Born	(1838-04-17)17 April 1838 Bamberg, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died	13 October 1908(1908-10-13) (aged 70) Berchtesgaden, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Spouse	Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt
Issue	Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt Elisabeth, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Eduard, Duke of Anhalt Prince Aribert of Anhalt Alexandra, Princess of Schwarzburg
Names Antoinette Charlotte Marie Josephine Karoline Frida
House	Wettin
Father	Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg
Mother	Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg (17 April 1838 – 13 October 1908) was a princess of Saxe-Altenburg by birth and Duchess of Anhalt by marriage.

Biography[]

Antoinette was the second child of Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg (1804-1852) from his first marriage with Amalie (1815-1841), daughter of Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

She married on 22 April 1854 in Altenburg the future Friedrich I, Duke of Anhalt (1831-1904).^[1] The marriage was for dynastic reasons and Antoinette married one of the richest German princes. On the occasion of the marriage was coined a commemorative medal.

Issue[]

Antoinette and Friedrich had six children:^{[citation needed]}

1. Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt (1855–1886), married Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Kassel in 1884.
2. Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt (1856–1918), married Princess Marie of Baden in 1889.
3. Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt (1857–1933), married Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg in Strelitz in 1877.
4. Eduard, Duke of Anhalt (1861–1918), married Princess Luise of Saxe-Altenburg in 1895.
5. Prince Aribert of Anhalt (1866–1933), married Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein in 1891.
6. Princess Alexandra of Anhalt (1868–1958), married Sizzo, Prince of Schwarzburg in 1897.

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