Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Prince Karl Wilhelm
Princess Fredericka
Princess Caroline
Prince Ludwig Karl
Prince Ferdinand August
Prince Frederick
House of Brunswick-Bevern (by birth)
Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (13/23 January 1724 – 17 May 1802)[1] was the tenth of 17 children of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
Marriage
Sophie Antoinette married Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld on 23 April 1749 at Wolfenbüttel.[1] She had the following children:
- Franz Frederick Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. Coburg 15 July 1750- d. Coburg, 9 December 1806), father of Leopold I of Belgium and grandfather of Leopold II of Belgium, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Empress Carlota of Mexico, Victoria of the United Kingdom, and Victoria's husband Prince Albert.
- Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand (b. Coburg, 21 November 1751- d. Coburg, 16 February 1757).
- Fredericka Juliane (b. Coburg, 14 September 1752 - d. Coburg, 24 September 1752).
- Caroline Ulrike Amalie (b. Coburg, 19 October 1753 - d. Coburg, 1 October 1829), a nun at Gandersheim.
- Ludwig Karl Frederick (b. Coburg, 2 January 1755 - d. Coburg, 4 May 1806); he had an illegitimate son by a Mademoiselle Brutel de la Riviére: Ludwig Frederick Emil of Coburg (b. Hildburghausen, 1779 - d. Coburg, 1827). In turn, the five children of Ludwig Frederick were created Freiherren von Coburg. His descendants still live.
- Ferdinand August Heinrich (b. Coburg, 12 April 1756 - d. Coburg, 8 July 1758).
- Frederick (b. Coburg, 4 March 1758 - d. Coburg, 26 June 1758).
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b Huberty, M., Giraud, A., Magdelaine, F. & B. (1976–1994) L’Allemagne Dynastique, Vols I–VII (Alain Giraud, Le Perreux, France)
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 51.
Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Cadet branch of the House of Welf Born: 13 January 1724 Died: 17 May 1802 | ||
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Preceded by | Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 16 September 1764 – 8 September 1800 | Succeeded by |
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- Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
- Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya1
- Princess Charlotte of Wales
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- 1became princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha by marriage in 1826