Sophie Antoinette | |
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Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | |
Portrait by Francesco Carlo Rusca
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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, Wolfenbüttel – 17 May 1802, Coburg) was the tenth of 17 children of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
She married Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld on 23 April 1749 at Wolfenbüttel. Among her notable great-grandchildren were Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Empress Carlota of Mexico and Leopold II of Belgium.