Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Duchess of Nemours
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Victoria Franziska Antonia Juliane Luise); 14 February 1822 – 10 November 1857) was the daughter of Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry and Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya . Her father was the second son of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf . Through her father she was a first cousin to Queen Victoria as Queen Victoria's mother was her aunt.
Biography
Duchess Victoria of Nemours with her two sons (Gaston and Ferdinand ), 1852
Born to Ferdinand, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry and Princess Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya . Her mother was the daughter and heiress of Ferenc József, Prince Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya . When Antonia's father died in 1826, she inherited his estates in Slovakia and Hungary . Her elder brother was King Ferdinand II of Portugal and first cousins included British Queen Victoria , her husband Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as well as Belgian King Leopold II and his sister, Empress Carlota of Mexico .
On 27 April 1840, at the Château de Saint-Cloud , she married Louis d'Orléans , known since birth as the Duke of Nemours, second son of King Louis Philippe of France . After the Revolution of 1848 in France , the royal family went into exile and settled in England .
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 Weybridge . Her remains were transferred to the Royal Chapel of Dreux , the traditional burial place of the House of Orléans, in 1979.
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Ancestors of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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1st generation 2nd generation 4th generation 5th generation * princess of Saxe-Saalfeld until 1699 ** became princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1826
1st generation 2nd generation 3rd generation
Victoria, German Empress and Queen of Prussia **
Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine **
Helena, Princess Christian of Scheswig-Holstein **
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll **
Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg **
Clotilde, Archduchess Joseph Karl of Austria
Amalie, Duchess Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria
Louise, Princess Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry *
Stéphanie, Crown Princess of Austria *
Clémentine, Princess Napoléon *
Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme *
Joséphine Caroline, Princess Karl Anton of Hohenzollern *
4th generation
Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife **
Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom **
Maud, Queen of Norway **
Marie, Queen of Romania **
Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna of Russia **
Alexandra, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg **
Princess Beatrice, Duchess of Galliera **
Margaret, Crown Princess of Sweden **
Lady Patricia Ramsay **
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone **
Dorothea, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria ***
Nadezhda, Duchess Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg ***
Marie-José, Queen of Italy *
5th generation 6th generation 7th generation 8th generation
1st generation 2nd generation 3rd generation 4th generation 5th generation 6th generation
* also a princess of Orléans in her own right
** did not belong by birth to a dynastic or titled noble family
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