Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Sophie Friederike Karoline Luise von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (born August 19, 1778 in Coburg ; † July 9, 1835 in Tuschimitz , Bohemia ) was a princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and, by marriage, Countess von Mensdorff-Pouilly .
Life
Sophie was the eldest child of Duke Franz Friedrich von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750–1806), from his marriage to Auguste (1757–1831), daughter of Count Heinrich XXIV. Reuss zu Ebersdorf . Her brother Leopold became King of the Belgians in 1831, her sister Juliane was a Russian Grand Duchess and through her sister Victoria she was an aunt of the British Queen Victoria . Her brother Ernst succeeded his father as Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld in 1806.
She had a particularly close relationship with her sister Antoinette , whom she often visited at Fantaisie Palace ; a refuge for French emigrants. Here she met her future husband. She married Emmanuel von Mensdorff-Pouilly (1777-1852) in Coburg on February 23, 1804 , who was raised to the rank of count in 1818.
In 1806, her husband was on vacation in Saalfeld , a side residence of the Coburg court. It was therefore possible for him after the battle near Saalfeld to release the corpse of Prince Louis Ferdinand and to protect the court of his father-in-law and his family against the arrogance of the victorious French troops.
From 1824 to 1834 Sophie lived in Mainz, where her husband was in command of the federal fortress . Here she was generally referred to as the "princess". She was active as a writer and in 1830 published her romantic "Tales and Tales". Sophie was the bearer of the Grand Cross of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Catherine . She is buried in the park of Preitenstein Castle , the family property of the Mensdorff-Pouilly family.
progeny
From their marriage, Sophie had six sons:
- Hugo Ferdinand (1806-1847)
- Alphons (1810-1894), Count of Mensdorff-Pouilly
- ⚭ 1. 1843 Countess Therese von Dietrichstein-Proskau-Leslie (1823–1856)
- ⚭ 2. 1862 Countess Maria Theresia von Lamberg (1833–1876)
- Alfred Carl (1812-1814)
- Alexander (1813–1871), Prince of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg 1868
- ⚭ 1857 Countess Alexandrine Maria von Dietrichstein-Proskau-Leslie (1824–1906)
- Leopold Emanuel (1815-1832)
- Arthur August (1817-1904)
- ⚭ 1. 1853 (closed 1882) Magdalene Kremzow (1835–1899)
- ⚭ 2. 1902 Countess Bianca Albertina von Wickenburg (1837–1912)
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Mensdorff-Pouilly, Sophie Countess . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 17th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1867, p. 367 ( digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charles Gray: The youth of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , Perthes, 1868, p. 311
- ^ Friedrich von Gentz, Adam Heinrich Müller (Ritter von Nitterdorf): Briefwechsel , JG Cotta, 1857, p. 85
- ↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Mensdorff-Pouilly, Sophie Countess . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 17th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1867, p. 367 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Philipp Carl Gotthard Karche: Yearbooks of the Ducal Saxon Residence City of Coburg , Ahl, 1829, p. 70
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sophie Friederike Karoline Luise of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; Mensdorff-Pouilly, Sophie von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and by marriage Countess von Mensdorff-Pouilly |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1778 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1835 |
| Place of death | Tuschimitz , Bohemia |