Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
| Princess Victoria | |||||
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| Duchess of Nemours | |||||
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portrait by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
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| Born |
14 February 1822 Vienna, Austria |
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| Died | 10 December 1857 (aged 35) Claremont House, England |
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| Burial | Chapelle royale de Dreux | ||||
| Spouse | Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours | ||||
| Issue |
Gaston, Prince Imperial Consort of Brazil Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Alençon Marguerite, Princess Władysław Czartoryski Princess Blanche |
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| House |
House of Orléans House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry |
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| Father | Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
| Mother | Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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| Viktoria Franziska Antonia Juliane Luise |
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Victoria Franziska Antonia Juliane Luise; 14 February 1822 – 10 December 1857) was the daughter of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág. Her father was the second son of Francis Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf.
Born to Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág, she was namd after her aunt, Victoria, Duchess of Kent. Her mother was the daughter and heiress of Ferenc József, Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya. When Antonia's father died in 1826, she inherited his estates in Slovakia and Hungary. Her elder brother was King Ferdinand II of Portugal and first cousins included Queen Victoria, her husband Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as well as Belgian King Leopold II and his sister, Empress Carlota of Mexico.
On 27 April 1840, at the Château de Saint-Cloud, she married Louis d'Orléans, known since birth as the Duke of Nemours, second son of King Louis Philippe of France. After the Revolution of 1848 in France, the royal family went into exile and settled in England.
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