Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Victoria Franziska Antonia Juliane Luise, Victoire Francoise Antoinette Julianne Louise); 14 February 1822 – 10 November 1857) was the daughter of

Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry Prince Ferdinand Georg August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (28 March 1785 – 27 August 1851) was a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and a general of cavalry in the Austrian Imperial and Royal Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Despite ...

and

Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince. Princess as a subst ...

. Her father was the second son of

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and

Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf Countess Augusta Caroline Sophie Reuss-Ebersdorf () (19 January 1757 – 16 November 1831), was by marriage the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was the maternal grandmother of Queen Victoria and the paternal grandmother of Albert, Prince ...

Biography

Duchess Victoria of Nemours with her two sons

Born to

and

. Her mother was the daughter and heiress of

Ferenc József, Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya Ferenc () is a given name of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, Francesco, François, Frank and Franz. People with the name include: * Ferenc Batthyány, Hungarian magnate and general * Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian artis ...

. When Antonia's father died in 1826, she inherited his estates in

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and

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. Her elder brother was King

Ferdinand II of Portugal ''Dom'' Ferdinand II (Portuguese: ''Fernando II'') (29 October 1816 – 15 December 1885) was a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, and King of Portugal '' jure uxoris'' as the husband of Queen Maria II, from the birth of ...

and first cousins included British

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 ...

, her husband

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the consort of Queen Victoria from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Albert was born in the Saxon duch ...

as well as Belgian King Leopold II and his sister, Empress

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. On 27 April 1840, at the

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, she married Louis d'Orléans, known since birth as the Duke of Nemours, second son of King

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. After the

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, the royal family went into exile and settled in

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. The Duke and Duchess of Nemours had four children, all of them having issue except the last, Blanche, who never married. Victoria was outlived by her husband, who died in 1896. She died almost two weeks after giving birth to Blanche at Claremont and was buried at the Chapel of Saint Charles Borromeo in

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. Her remains were transferred to the Royal Chapel of Dreux, the traditional burial place of the House of Orléans, in 1979.

Issue

* Louis Philippe Marie Ferdinand Gaston d'Orléans, ''Count of Eu'' (28 April 1842 – 28 August 1922), who married

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, eldest daughter and heiress of Dom

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; * Ferdinand Philippe Marie d'Orléans, ''Duke of Alençon'' (12 July 1844 – 29 June 1910), who married

Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria Duchess Sophie Charlotte Augustine in Bavaria (23 February 1847 – 4 May 1897) was a granddaughter-in-law of King Louis Philippe of France, the favourite sister of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and fiancée of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. ...

(1847–1897), sister of

Elisabeth, Empress of Austria Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria (24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898) was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898. Elisabeth was ...

, and who had been for a time engaged to

Ludwig II of Bavaria Ludwig II (Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm; 25 August 1845 – 13 June 1886) was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886. He is sometimes called the Swan King or ('the Fairy Tale King'). He also held the titles of Count Palatine of the ...

; * Marguerite Adélaïde Marie d'Orléans (1846–1893), who married Prince Ladislaus Czartoryski; * Blanche Marie Amelie Caroline Louise Victoire d'Orléans (28 October 1857 – 4 February 1932).

Honours

* : Dame of the Order of Queen Saint Isabel, 22 July 1839

Ancestry

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saxe-Coburg And Gotha, Princess Victoria Of 1822 births 1857 deaths Nobility from Vienna

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Burials at the Chapelle royale de Dreux

Dames of the Order of Saint Isabel Deaths in childbirth Royal reburials