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Issue Marie, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and GothaPaul of WurttembergAlexander, Duke of WurttembergErnest of WurttembergFrederick of Wurttemberg Spouse Duke Alexander of Wurttemberg (m. 1798–1824) Children Duchess Marie of Wurttemberg Parents Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Grandchildren Duke Philipp of Wurttemberg Similar People Countess Augusta Reuss of, Princess Victoria of Saxe‑Coburg‑Saalfeld, Ernest II - Duke of Saxe‑Co, Leopold I of Belgium | ||
Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Antoinette Ernestine Amalie; 28 August 1779 – 14 March 1824) was a German princess of the House of Wettin. By marriage, she was a Duchess of Wurttemberg. Through her eldest surviving son, she is the ancestress of today's (Catholic) House of Wurttemberg.
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Born in Coburg, she was the second daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf. She was also the elder sister of King Leopold I of Belgium and the aunt of both Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert. Her maternal grandparents were Heinrich XXIV, Count Reus-Ebersdorf and Karoline Ernestine von Erbach-Schonberg, and her paternal grandparents were Ernst Friedrich and Antoinette of Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel.
Life
In Coburg on 17 November 1798, she married Alexander of Wurttemberg. The couple settled in Russia, where Alexander, as a maternal uncle of both Emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I made a military and diplomatic career.
Antoinette, who was regarded as influential, was bearer of the Grand Cross of the Imperial Russian Order of Saint Catherine.
Antoinette died in St. Petersburg. She was buried in the Ducal crypt of Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha, where her husband and sons Paul and Frederick found their final resting place.
According to Queen Louise of Prussia, Antoinette could have had an illegitimate child. Her brother George wrote on 18 May 1802: "[...] The Wurttemberg couple didn't speak to each other in 2 years, but she was with child and certainly the father was some Herr von Hobel, a Canon. I know all this from the Duke of Weimar, and is holy true."