Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
| Antoinette Ernestine Amalie | |||||
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Princess Antoinette, oil on canvas, 1794
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| Born |
28 August 1779 Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
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| Died | 14 March 1824 (aged 44) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
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| Spouse | Duke Alexander of Württemberg | ||||
| Issue |
Marie, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Paul of Württemberg Alexander, Duke of Württemberg Ernest of Württemberg Frederick of Württemberg |
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| House |
House of Wettin (by birth) House of Württemberg (by marriage) |
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| Father | Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | ||||
| Mother | Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf | ||||
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| Antoinette Ernestine Amalie |
Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Antoinette Ernestine Amalie; 28 August 1779 – 14 March 1824) 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.
Born in Coburg, she was the second daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf. She was also the elder sister of King Leopold I of Belgium and the aunt of both Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert. Her maternal grandparents were Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuß-Ebersdorf and Karoline Ernestine von Erbach-Schönberg, and her paternal grandparents were Ernst Friedrich and Antoinette of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.
In Coburg on 17 November 1798, she married Alexander of Württemberg. The couple settled in Russia, where Alexander, as a maternal uncle of both Emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I made a military and diplomatic career.
Antoinette, who was regarded as influential, was bearer of the Grand Cross of the Imperial Russian Order of Saint Catherine.
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