Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Sophie Antoinette | |
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Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | |
![]() Portrait by Francesco Carlo Rusca | |
Tenure | 1764–1800 |
Born | Wolfenbüttel | 13 January 1724
Died | 17 May 1802 Coburg | (aged 78)
Spouse | Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
Issue | Francis Prince Karl Wilhelm Princess Fredericka Princess Caroline Prince Ludwig Karl Prince Ferdinand August Prince Frederick |
House | House of Wettin House of Brunswick-Bevern |
Father | Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
Mother | Antoinette Amelie of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (13/23 January 1724 – 17 May 1802)[1] was the tenth of 17 children of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
Marriage[]
She married Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld on 23 April 1749 at Wolfenbüttel.[1] Among her notable great-grandchildren were Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Empress Carlota of Mexico and Leopold II of Belgium.
- Franz Frederick Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. Coburg 15 July 1750- d. Coburg, 9 December 1806), father of Leopold I of Belgium and grandfather of Leopold II, Empress Carlota of Mexico, Queen Victoria of Great Britain, and her husband Prince Albert.
- Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand (b. Coburg, 21 November 1751- d. Coburg, 16 February 1757).
- Fredericka Juliane (b. Coburg, 14 September 1752 - d. Coburg, 24 September 1752).
- Caroline Ulrike Amalie (b. Coburg, 19 October 1753 - d. Coburg, 1 October 1829), a nun at Gandersheim.
- Ludwig Karl Frederick (b. Coburg, 2 January 1755 - d. Coburg, 4 May 1806); he had an illegitimate son by some Mademoiselle Brutel de la Riviére: Ludwig Frederick Emil of Coburg (b. Hildburghausen, 1779 - d. Coburg, 1827). In turn, the five children of Ludwig Frederick were created Freiherren von Coburg. His descendants still alive.
- Ferdinand August Heinrich (b. Coburg, 12 April 1756 - d. Coburg, 8 July 1758).
- Frederick (b. Coburg, 4 March 1758 - d. Coburg, 26 June 1758).
Ancestry[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Huberty, M., Giraud, A., Magdelaine, F. & B. (1976–1994) L’Allemagne Dynastique, Vols I–VII (Alain Giraud, Le Perreux, France)
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 51.
Categories:
- 1724 births
- 1802 deaths
- Duchesses of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
- People from Wolfenbüttel
- House of Brunswick-Bevern
- Duchesses of Brunswick-Lüneburg