Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
| Sophie Antoinette | |
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| Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | |
| Tenure | 16 September 1764 – 8 September 1800 |
| Born | 13 January 1724 Wolfenbüttel |
| Died | 17 May 1802 (aged 78) Coburg |
| Spouse | |
Antoinette Amelie of Brunswick-Lüneburg | |
Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (13/23 January 1724 – 17 May 1802)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
| Ancestors of Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | | ||||||||||||
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| 13. Princess Elisabeth Juliane of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg | |||||||||||||
| 3. Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | |||||||||||||
| 14. Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen | |||||||||||||
| 7. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen | |||||||||||||
| 15. Duchess Christine Friederike of Württemberg | |||||||||||||
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.