Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Antoinette Ernestine Amalie, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (28 August 1779, Coburg - 14 March 1824, Saint Petersburg) was a German princess member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Württemberg. Through his eldest surviving son, she is the ancestress of today's (Catholic) House of Württemberg.

Family

Antoinette was the second daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and his wife, Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, daugther of count Heinrich XXIV. von Reuß-Ebersdorf and his wife Karoline Ernestine von Erbach-Schönberg. Her paternal grandparents were Ernst Friedrich and his wife princess Sofie Antoinette of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.

She was also the elder sister of King Leopold I of Belgium and the aunt of both Queen Victoria and her Prince Consort Albert.

Marriage and Issue

In Coburg on 17 November 1798, she married Alexander of Württemberg. The couple settled in Russia, were Alexander made a military and diplomatic career. They had five children:

* Antoinette Marie of Württemberg (1799-1860), who in 1832 married Ernest I of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

* Paul of Wurtemberg (1800-1801).

* Alexander of Württemberg (1804-1881), duke of Württemberg.

* Ernest of Württemberg (1807-1868), duke of Württemberg, who in 1860 married Nathalie Eschhorn von Grünhof (1829-1905) :
** Alexandra Nathalie Ernestine von Grünhof (Wiesbaden, 10 August 1861-Hohenlübbichow, 13 April 1933), who in 1883 married Robert von Keudell

* Frederick Wilhelm Ferdinand of Württemberg (Saint Petersburg 29 April 1810-Saint Petersburg, 25 April 1815)

Bibliography

* Carl Friedrich von Wiebeking: "Biographie des Herzogs Alexander zu Württemberg", München (1835)
* Paul Sauer: "Alexander (I.)"; in: Sönke Lorenz, Dieter Mertens, Volker Press (Hrsg.): "Das Haus Württemberg. Ein biographisches Lexikon", Kohlhammer, Stuttgart (1997) ISBN 3-17-013605-4

Ancestry

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1= 1. Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
2= 2. Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
3= 3. Princess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf
4= 4. Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
5= 5. Duchess Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
6= 6. Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf
7= 7. Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg
8= 8. Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
9= 9. Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
10= 10. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
11= 11. Antonietta Amalie of Brunswick-Blankenburg
12= 12. Heinrich XXIX, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf
13= 13. Sophie Theodora of Castell-Remlingen
14= 14. Georg August, Count of Erbach-Schönberg
15= 15. Ferdinande Henriette, Countess of Stolbert-Gedern
16= 16. John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
17= 17. Charlotte Johanne of Waldeck-Pyrmont
18= 18. Ludwig Friedrich I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
19= 19. Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
20= 20. Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
21= 21. Christine of Hesse-Eschwege
22= 22. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
23= 23. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen
24= 24. Heinrich X, Count of Reuss-Lobenstein
25= 25. Countess Erdmuthe Benigna of Solms-Laubach
26= 26. Wolfgang Dietrich, Count of Castell-Castell
27= 27. Countess Dorothea Renata of Zinzendorf
28= 28. Georg Albrecht II, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau
29= 29. Countess Anna Dorothea Christine of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg
30= 30. Ludwig Christian, Count of Stolberg-Gedern
31= 31. Duchess Christine of Mecklenburg-Güstrow