Clémentine of Orléans
| Princess Clémentine | |||||
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| Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duchess in Saxony |
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6 March 1817 Château de Neuilly |
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| Died | 16 February 1907 (aged 89) Vienna |
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| Burial | St. Augustin, Coburg | ||||
| Spouse | Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
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Prince Philipp Prince Ludwig August Clotilde, Archduchess of Austria Amalie, Duchess in Bavaria Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria |
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| House | Orléans | ||||
| Father | Louis Philippe I | ||||
| Mother | Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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| Marie Clémentine Léopoldine Caroline Clotilde d'Orléans |
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Styles of Princess Clémentine of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
Princess Clémentine of Orléans (French: Marie Clémentine Léopoldine Caroline Clotilde d'Orléans) (6 March 1817 – 16 February 1907), princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and duchess in Saxony, was the sixth child of ten and youngest daughter of Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, and his wife Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies. She was the mother of Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria.
Marie Clémentine Léopoldine Caroline Clotilde of Orléans, styled Mademoiselle de Beaujolais, was born on 6 March 1817 at the Château de Neuilly, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, soon after the Bourbon Restoration. She became a royal princess, Princess of Orléans, following her father's ascension to the French throne in 1830.
As a young woman, it was written that she "is represented to possess great beauty and accomplishments." Clémentine was taught history by the radical historian Jules Michelet, who would spend lessons glorifying the French Revolution to his young student.
As a princess, Clémentine was sought after as a bride by royal families throughout Europe. In 1836, it was rumoured that Clémentine would marry her cousin, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, when the period of his widowhood expired.
King Leopold I of Belgium organised the marriage of Clémentine and Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who was closely connected to the royal houses of Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Brazil, Mexico and Austria-Hungary. August's cousin Albert married August's other cousin Queen Victoria and was Prince Consort in the United Kingdom.
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