Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Sophie Antoinette
Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Portrait by Francesco Carlo Rusca
Tenure	1764–1800
Born	13 January 1724 Wolfenbüttel
Died	17 May 1802 (aged 78) Coburg
Spouse	Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Issue	Francis Prince Karl Wilhelm Princess Fredericka Princess Caroline Prince Ludwig Karl Prince Ferdinand August Prince Frederick
House	House of Wettin House of Brunswick-Bevern
Father	Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Mother	Antoinette Amelie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (13/23 January 1724, Wolfenbüttel – 17 May 1802, Coburg)^[1] 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.^[1] 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               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               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                             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                       27. Eleanor of Anhalt-Zerbst               3. Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel                                   28. Joachim Ernest of Oettingen-Oettingen               14. Albert Ernest I of Oettingen-Oettingen                       29. Anna Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein               7. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen                             30. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg               15. Christine Friederike of Württemberg                       31. Anna Catherine of Salm-Kyrburg

References

1. Huberty, M., Giraud, A., Magdelaine, F. & B. (1976–1994) L’Allemagne Dynastique, Vols I–VII (Alain Giraud, Le Perreux, France)