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.
Marriage
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.
- 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, Empress Carlota of Mexico, Queen Victoria of Great Britain, and her 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 some 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 alive.
- 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 |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16. Henry III of Brunswick-Lüneburg | | | | | | | | | 8. Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (=24) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17. Ursula of Saxe-Lauenburg (de) | | | | | | | | | 4. Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18. John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gustrow | | | | | | | | | 9. Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg-Gustrow (=25) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19. Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch (ca) | | | | | | | | | 2. Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel | | | | | | | | | 10. Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21. Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg | | | | | | | | | 5. Christina Wilhelmina of Hesse-Eschwege (de) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22. John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg | | | | | | | | | 11. Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23. Catherine of Sweden | | | | | | | | | 1. Duchess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (=8) | | | | | | | | | 12. Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25. Elisabeth Sophia of Mecklenburg-Gustrow (=9) | | | | | | | | | 6. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg | | | | | | | | | 13. Elisabeth Juliana Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg-Nordborg (ca) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27. Eleanor of Anhalt-Zerbst | | | | | | | | | 3. Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28. Joachim Ernest of Oettingen-Oettingen (ca) | | | | | | | | | 14. Albert Ernest I of Oettingen-Oettingen (ca) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29. Anna Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (ca) | | | | | | | | | 7. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg | | | | | | | | | 15. Christine Friederike of Württemberg (it) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31. Anna Catherine of Salm-Kyrburg (de) | | | | | | | |
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