Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Who was Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld?

Princess Antoinette Ernestine Amalie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (28 August 1779, Coburg - 14 March 1824, Saint Petersburg) was a German princess of the House of Wettin. By marriage, she was a Duchess of Württemberg. Through her eldest surviving son, she is the ancestress of today's (Catholic) House of Württemberg.

Antoinette was the second daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and his wife, Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, daughter of count Heinrich XXIV. von Reuß-Ebersdorf and his wife Karoline Ernestine von Erbach-Schönberg. Her paternal grandparents were Ernst Friedrich and his wife princess Sofie Antoinette of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.

She was also the elder sister of King Leopold I of Belgium and the aunt of both Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert.

In Coburg on 17 November 1798, she married Alexander of Württemberg. The couple settled in Russia, where Alexander made a military and diplomatic career.

They had five children:

Antoinette Marie of Württemberg (1799–1860), who in 1832 married Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Paul of Württemberg (1800–1801).

Alexander of Württemberg (1804-1881), duke of Württemberg.

Ernest of Württemberg (1807–1868), duke of Württemberg, who in 1860 married Nathalie Eschhorn von Grünhof (1829–1905)

Frederick Wilhelm Ferdinand of Württemberg (Saint Petersburg 29 April 1810-Saint Petersburg, 25 April 1815)