Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

German duchess
The basics

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IntroGerman duchess
PlacesGermany
wasNoble
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Female
Birth13 January 1724, Wolfenbüttel
Death17 May 1802Coburg (aged 78 years)
Family
Mother:Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Father:Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Siblings:Friedrich Franz von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Charles I Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg Albrecht Braunschweig Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern Therese of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Spouse:Ernest Frederick Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Children:Francis Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
The details

Biography

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.

  1. 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.
  2. Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand (b. Coburg, 21 November 1751- d. Coburg, 16 February 1757).
  3. Fredericka Juliane (b. Coburg, 14 September 1752 - d. Coburg, 24 September 1752).
  4. Caroline Ulrike Amalie (b. Coburg, 19 October 1753 - d. Coburg, 1 October 1829), a nun at Gandersheim.
  5. 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.
  6. Ferdinand August Heinrich (b. Coburg, 12 April 1756 - d. Coburg, 8 July 1758).
  7. Frederick (b. Coburg, 4 March 1758 - d. Coburg, 26 June 1758).

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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