Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
| Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna (Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld) |
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| Grand Duchess Constantine Pavlovich of Russia | |
"La Grande Duchesse Anna Feodorovna", Portrait by Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, painted shortly after her wedding (ca.1795-1796). This portrait was destroyed by bombs during World War II
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| Born |
23 July 1781 Coburg, Thuringia, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
| Died | 15 August 1860 (aged 79) Elfenau, near Bern, Switzerland |
| Spouse |
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia (m. 1796 - sep. 1801 / ann. 1820) |
| Issue | Eduard Edgar Schmidt-Löwe (illegitimate) Louise Hilda Agnes d'Aubert (illegitimate) |
| House |
House of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (by birth) House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov (by marriage) |
| Father | Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
| Mother | Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf |
Princess Juliane Henriette Ulrike of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Coburg, 23 September 1781 – Elfenau, near Bern, Switzerland, 15 August 1860), also known as Grand Duchess Anna Fyodorovna of Russia (Russian: Анна Фёдоровна), was a German princess of the ducal house of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (after 1826, the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) who became the wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia.
She was the third daughter of Franz Frederick Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Countess Augusta Caroline Reuss of Ebersdorf. King Leopold I of the Belgians was her younger brother, while Queen Victoria of United Kingdom was her niece and King Ferdinand II of Portugal was her nephew.
Empress Catherine II of Russia began to search a suitable wife for her second grandson, Grand Duke Konstantin after the marriage of her eldest grandson, Grand Duke Alexander, with Louise of Baden in 1793. The empress spoke of pride about the young grand duke as an enviable match for many brides in Europe, as he was the second in line to succession to the Russian Empire. Soon a marriage offer arrived from the court of Naples: King Ferdinand I and Queen Maria Carolina suggested a marriage between the Grand Duke and one of their many daughters, which the Empress immediately rejected.
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