#Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

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Royal Birthdays for today, January 23rd:

Ulrika Eleonora, Queen Regnant of Sweden, 1688

Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel,  Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1724

Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, 1896

Caroline, Princess of Hanover, 1957

Kesang Choden Wangchuck, Princess of Bhutan, 1982

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House of Coburg & of Württemberg: Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Antoinette was born as the second child and daughter to Duke Franz of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and his wife Countess Auguste Reuß of Ebersdorf. Her siblings include Countess Sophie of Mensdorff-Pouilly, Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia, Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld-Koháry, Duchess Victoria of Kent and Strathearn and Belgian King Leopold I. Through them, she was an aunt to many important European royals of the 19th century, for example Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert, Belgian King Leopold II and his sister Empress Carlota of Mexico, Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, King Fernando II of Portugal, Duchess Victoria of Nemours and Princess Feodora of Leiningen.

On November 17th, 1798, the 19-year-old Antoinette married the 27-year-old Prince Alexander of Württemberg. The couple moved to Russia where her husband served in the army. Due to Russian customs, Alexander was referred to as Duke here and Antoinette as Duchess. Their children would receive the same titles. The couple had five children: Four sons and a daughter. While their two surviving sons Alexander and Ernst entered the Russian army, Marie married her uncle Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and thereby became the stepmother of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband and cousin.

Antoinette might have had an affair and an illegitimate child, according to a correspondence between Queen Luise of Prussia and her brother Grand Duke Georg of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. According to their letters from 1802, Antoinette and Alexander had not spoken to each other in two years and yet Antoinette was with child. They allegedly knew about it from The Duke of Weimar who said that the father of this child was a the Canon Mister of Höbel. Whether that is true or just gossip is uncertain.

Antoinette’s husband became governor of Belarus in 1811. Antoinette herself received the Grand Cross of the Imperial Russian order of Saint Catherine. She was viewed as an influential person at Russian court since her sister-in-law was Empress Marie Feodorovna and her younger sister Juliane was married to the Emperor’s younger brother Konstantin.

Antoinette died at only 44 years of age. She is buried at Friedenstein Castle in Gotha alongside her sons Paul and Friedrich. Through her oldest son Alexander, she is the ancestress of the modern Catholic House of Württemberg.

// Luise Bähr in Luise - Königin der Herzen (2010)

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ANTOINETTE

Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

(born 1779 - died 1824)

pictured above is a portrait of the Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, a copy by Herbert Smith from 1884, of a pastel by Johann Heinrich Schröder from c. 1795

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SERIES - On this day August Edition: Antoinette was born on 28 August 1779.

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ANTOINETTE ERNESTINE AMALIE was born on 28 August 1779, in Coburg. She was the second child of Franz, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and his second wife Countess Auguste Reuss of Ebersdorf.

Born a member of the Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld line of the Ernestine branch of the HOUSE OF WETTIN, she was a PRINCESS OF SAXE-COBURG-SAALFELD from birth.

On her youth she traveled to Russia with her mother and sisters Princess Sophie and Princess Juliane, in order to be inspected as suitable brides for Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, a grandson of Yekaterina II (the Great), Empress of all the Russias. However her sister Princess Juliane was chosen by the Empress and was baptized in the Orthodox Church, changing her name to Anna Fyodorovna.

In 1798 she married ALEXANDER FRIEDRICH KARL, a Duke of Württemberg and they had five children (check the list below). He was one of the youngest sons of Friedrich Eugen II, Duke of Württemberg and Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt. And after her wedding she became known by his title as DUCHESS ALEXANDER OF WÜRTTEMBERG.

After 1800 she moved with her family to Russia where her husband joined the Imperial Army under the service of his brother in-law Pavel I, Emperor of all the Russias, the husband of his sister Mariya Fyodorovna (born Duchess Sophie Dorothee of Württemberg).

Another of her sisters Princess Victoire married into the British Royal Family, having given birth to Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent in 1819.

As she was related to the Imperial Family through her sister and sister-in-law she was actively present at the Russian Court and the life of the Imperial Family. And when her sister separated from Grand Duke Konstantin in 1820 it is said that she sided with her brother-in-law.

The Duchess Alexander of Württemberg died in Saint Petersburg aged 44, in 1824, after being ill for two weeks.

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ANTOINETTE and her husband ALEXANDER had five children...

Duchess Marie of Württemberg - wife of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha;

Duke Paul of Württemberg - died aged one;

Duke Alexander of Württemberg - husband of Princess Marie of Orléans;

Duke Ernst of Württemberg - husband of Natalie Eschborn; and

Duke Friedrich of Württemberg - died aged four.

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Two years after her death, her brother (and future son-in-law) Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld exchanged the Duchy of Saalfeld for the Duchy of Gotha, becoming Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and founding another Ernestine branch, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Her niece Princess Alexandrina Victoria succeeded as Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom in 1837 and in 1840 married another of her nephews Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, one of the sons of ther brother Duke Ernest I.

By 1903 her grandson Duke Philipp of Württemberg became the heir presumptive of the Kingdom of Württemberg, however as the Monarchy was abolished after World War I he never ascended to the throne.

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Duke Philipp of Württemberg, late 1870s.

His paternal grandmother was Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, maternal aunt to Queen Victoria.

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Who Is Leopold? (Part 1) Prince Leopold George Christian Frederick, the youngest child of Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, was born on 16 December 1790.

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Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

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Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (28 August 1779 – 14 March 1824) 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.

Born in Coburg, she was the second daughter of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf. She was also the elder sister of King Leopold I of Belgium and the aunt of both Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert. Her maternal grandparents were Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuß-Ebersdorf and Karoline Ernestine von Erbach-Schönberg, and her paternal grandparents were Ernst Friedrich and Antoinette of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.

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“The Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha”

An excerpt from Germany: the Spirit of her History, Literature, Social Condition, and National Economy, [&c] by Dr Francis Bisset Hawkins, published in 1838.  Printed in The Saturday Magazine, dated 4 January 1840.

     Coburg is a country which has been as yet little visited by travellers, because it does not lie in the course of the great roads; but the fine scenery, the unsophisticated and original old German tone of manners, the economical mode of living, and the celebrity of its reigning family, will probably gradually attract many strangers.

     The ducal house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is of the Lutheran religion.  The reigning duke is Ernest, born January 2, 1784, who succeeded to the throne, December 9, 1806.  He was married, first to Louisa, princess of Saxe-Gotha, from whom he was separated in 1826, and who died in 1832 [blogger’s note: actually, in 1831], and secondly, in 1832, to Maria, daughter of the late Duke Alexander of Würtemberg [blogger’s note: Maria was also the daughter of Ernest’s late older sister Antoinette, which the author conveniently doesn’t mention].  He has two sons, Ernest, the heir apparent, born June 21, 1818, and Albert*, born the succeeding year.  Of his two sisters, Julia, married to Prince Constantine of Russia, from whom she was divorced in 1820, is dead; the other is Victoria, duchess of Kent, born August 17, 1786: he has also two brothers, Ferdinand, born 1785, and Leopold, king of the Belgians, born 1790.  The former has three sons and one daughter; the eldest son, Ferdinand, is married to Donna Maria, queen of Portugal.

[Featured at this point in the article is a chart of statistics regarding the Principalities of Coburg and Gotha, which just isn’t plausible to try to replicate here because of the format.  Basically, Gotha is about three times larger and more populated than Coburg, and their combined area is roughly 37.6 square miles.]  According to the latest census, the entire population amounts to 131,861.

     The principal towns are, Gotha (13,006 inhabitants), and Coburg (9067).  With the exception of the Jews, all the inhabitants are Germans, and all are Lutherans, except 2000 Catholics and 1000 Jews.

     In this duchy, there are three gymnasiums and classical schools, one academical gymnasium, two seminaries for schoolmasters, one ladies’ school (at Coburg), thirty-five town schools, and 300 village schools.  The revenue is 1,100,000 florins.  The public debt amounts to 3,000,000 florins.  The contingent to the army of the confederacy is 1366 men.

     The government is a constitutional monarchy: the representatives form one chamber only.  Gotha, however, has still its old diet (three classes in one chamber).  The qualification to vote for a deputy of the nobles is constituted by the possession of a seignorial estate (Rittergut).  For the deputies of towns, every citizen is entitled to vote who has never been a bankrupt, and who has not been punished for transgression of the laws.

     In the villages, the householders form the constituency.  The deputies must be of the Christian religion, citizens of the state, thirty years of age, and men of unblemished reputation.  Those of the towns and villages must must have either an estate free from incumbrances, worth 5000 florins, or an annual income of 400 florins.  Officers of the government appointed for the purpose, superintend the election of the knights and of the citizens: in the villages, the elections are superintended by the ordinary officials.

     The ministry is composed of one minister of state, and of three privy-councillors.

     The highest court of justice is the supreme court of appeal; the lower courts are the colleges of justice at Coburg and Gotha; and finally, throughout the country, justice is administered by bailiffs, magistrates, and patrimonial judges.

     The chief officers of the court are, a first marshal of the court, and a grand equerry.

     The present Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was formerly Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld, but, in 1826, he ceded the latter, and obtained the duchy of Gotha, with exception of the lordship of Kranichfeld.  After this change of territory, one of the first acts of his government was the creation of a privy-council, consisting of the officers of government both in Coburg and Gotha.  A decree of October 30, 1828, established in each duchy a separate college of justice, which takes cognizance of matrimonial matters, formerly falling under the jurisdiction of the consistorial court.  Each duchy has its own system of internal administration, taxation, and excise.  On the other hand, for both Coburg and Gotha, there is only one high consistorial court for ecclesiastical affairs and for public instruction, and only one war-office.  According to the new regulations, the fees which were formerly claimed by the officials, are now the property of the state.  In 1830, a journal was established for the more prompt promulgation of laws and edicts.  On the 1st of July, 1829, the army was reorganized, so that the soldiers of both duchies (1366 in number) were made to form one infantry regiment of the line, divided into two battalions.

     The funds for the preservation and increase of the books, pictures, and coins, at Gotha, have been lately enlarged.  The government has particularly distinguished itself in encouraging trade and commerce.  Monopolies were abolished in Coburg, so early as 1812; in Gotha, in 1829.  Exhibitions of home products and trade schools have been established; and all impediments to commerce have been removed.

     The French revolution of 1830, produced a temporary sensation in Coburg and Gotha, which led to no important results.  But in the distant principality of Lichtenberg, which had been ceded to the duke by the Congress of Vienna, in 1816, its effects were such as not only to disquiet the inhabitants, but also to weaken the moral force of the government.  Awakened by these circumstances to a sense of the difficulty of governing a separate territory, inhabited by a restless population, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha has since sold the principality of Lichtenberg to the King of Prussia.

     In this duchy no preference is given to birth in electing officers of state.  Difference of religion does not affect the equal enjoyment of political rights.  Every citizen is bound to serve for a certain period in the army, should he be chosen by lot, or to find a substitute.  No citizen can remain in arrest for the space of twenty-four hours without being informed of the cause of his apprehension.

     The territories of the Duke of Gotha lie in Thuringia; they are extremely fertile, well cultivated, and thickly populated.  Agriculture is their principal source of prosperity.  The northern districts are plains, intersected by chains of hills; the south is mountainous and woody.

     The principal products are corn, potatoes, carrots, and other vegetables, flax, poppies, aniseed, woad [blogger’s note: a flowering plant whose leaves have long been used to make blue dye], and an immense quantity of wood, which is the staple article.  A few hops are grown; there is not much fruit, and the wine is only made for vinegar.  There are plenty of pigs and poultry, but the horses are of an inferior breed.  The country contains mines of iron, manganese, coal, and slate.  There are numerous worsted-spinners and linen-weavers, particularly in the hilly districts.  There are also woollen and cotton manufactories, but they are not very numerous.  Other articles of manufacture are iron-ware, wire, copper goods, stockings, tobacco, glue, leather, and soap.  There are five paper-mills, three porcelain, and three hardware manufactories.

     The exports are corn, wood, wool, woad, manganese, pitch, potash, bilberries, coriander-seeds, aniseed, butter, linen, iron goods, sausages, and livers of geese.

     Coburg, the capital of the principality of Coburg, and formerly the residence of the duke, is situated in a delightful country; it contains more than 800 houses, and about 9000 inhabitants.  One of the most prominent public buildings is the palace of Ehrenburg, in which the present duke has made large improvements.  It now contains a library, a cabinet of natural history, of medals and prints, and an armoury.  In the neighbourhood of the town is the castle of Coburg, which contains a workhouse and a house of correction.  In the town itself is a gymnasium, supplied with a library, with specimens of natural history, and medals.  There are a senate house, an orphan asylum, a casino, an armoury, and a government house, built in an Italian style of architecture.  Amongst the curiosities of the place are Luther’s room, which contains some beautiful woodwork, and the alabaster monument of Duke John Frederic, in the church of St. Maurice.  The principal places of amusement are the theatre, the casino, the redoute, and the musical club.  In the neighbourhood are the beautiful old and new walks, the ruins of the castles of Callenberg and Lauterburg, and the lovely seat of the duke, the Rosenau.

     Gotha, the capital of the duchy of Gotha, and also a residence of the present duke, contains about 1300 houses, and 13,000 inhabitants.  The palace of Friedenstein contains a very good library, a collection of coins, a museum of natural history, a Chinese cabinet, a picture gallery, and remarkable collections made by the late duke,-- the whole forming a treasure of literature and art, such as few moderate towns can boast of.  In 1824, the museum, which was given to the country by the late duke, Frederic, was opened.  The ducal libraries contain 150,000 volumes.  The walls and fortifications of the town have been changed into ornamental walks.  Near the town is the observatory on the Seeberg, 1189 feet above the level of the sea.  In the neighbourhood, too, is the palace of Friedreichsthal, containing some valuable monuments of Italian art, and the orangery and park, where the Dukes Ernest and Augustus are buried.

     The chief places of amusement and public resort here, are the theatre, ball-rooms, and public gardens.  In the neighbourhood of Gotha are two ducal palaces, and the Moravian colony of Neudietendorf.

     The house of Saxe-Coburg is indisputably the most fortunate of all the existing great families of Europe.  No common lot has attended them in our time, and they appear destined to fill a remarkable place in modern history.  The reigning duke has succeeded to the inheritance of the duchy of Saxe-Gotha, which he enjoys in addition to his original sovereignty of Coburg.  His brother, Leopold, was born under an extraordinary star; he first married the heiress to the British throne, and subsequently a daughter of the King of the French; two ladies not less amiable than elevated; and, after declining the throne of Greece, he has been chosen King of Belgium.  One sister espoused the Archduke Constantine of Russia, and thus in the ordinary course of events would have become Empress of all the Russias.  The history of another sister, the Duchess of Kent, is too well known to require comment; she is the mother of the Queen of England.  Another brother has married one of the greatest heiresses of the Austrian empire, the daughter of the Prince of Kohary, and occupies the high post of lieutenant field-marshal, in the service of the emperor.  Finally, a nephew of the Duchess of Kent is the reigning King of Portugal.  An impartial review of the progress of this distinguished race compels us to add that it does not owe its success to unworthy intrigue; its members bear their great estate with prudence, with good sense, and with moderation; and their domestic qualities form an antidote to the venom which generally pursues a career of success.

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House of Castell

Baroness Ottilie of Faber, Countess of Faber-Castell

House of Coburg (Cadet branch of the House of Wettin)

Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1st marriage)

Princess Mary of Teck, The Queen of the United Kingdom & British Dominions, The Empress of India

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Richenza of Northeim, Holy Roman Empress

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Princess Elisabeth of Brandenburg, The Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen

Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg aka Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia

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The House of Württemberg

Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of Württemberg

Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, The Duchess of Württemberg

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Adelaide of Burgundy, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Italy

Theophanu, Holy Roman Empress

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House of Bourbon

Jeanne d’Albret, The Queen of Navarre and The Duchess of Vendôme

Archduchess Maria Antonia “Marie Antoinette” of Austria, The Queen of France

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Elisabeth (Isabeau) of Bavaria, The Queen of France

House of Vasa

Princess Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, The Queen of Sweden

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Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, The Imperial Countess of Cosel

Helene Baltazzi, The Baroness of Vetsera

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Marie Karoline of Mollard, The Imperial Countess of Fuchs to Bimbach

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House of Ascania

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House of Coburg (Cadet branch of the House of Wettin)

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, The Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Duchess of Württemberg

Princess Charlotte of Belgium, The Empress of Mexico, Archduchess of Austria

Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Crown Princess of Austria, Hungary & Bohemia

Princess Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess Royal, The German Empress

Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, The Princess of Leiningen, The Duchess of Kent

House of Griffin

Elizabeth of Pomerania, Holy Roman Empress

House of Habsburg

Archduchess Johanna of Austria, The Grand Duchess of Tuscany

Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, The Electress of Bavaria

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Princess of Lorraine and Bar

Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, The Electress of Bavaria

Archduchess Maria Antonia “Marie Antoinette” of Austria, The Queen of France and Navarre

Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria, The Empress of Brazil, Queen of Portugal & the Algarves

Maria Theresia, The Archduchess of Austria, Holy Roman Empress

Archduchess Sophie of Austria

House of Hanover (Cadet branch of the House of Welf)

Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, The Queen in Prussia

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, Empress of India

House of Hesse

Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia

House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, The Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, The Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen

House of Hohenstaufen

Elisabeth “Beatrix” of Swabia, The Queen of Castile, León & Galicia

Konstanze “Anna” of Hohenstaufen, The Empress of Nicaea

House of Hohenzollern

Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia

Princess Caroline of Ansbach, The Queen of Great Britain & Ireland, The Electress of Hanover

Princess Elisabeth of Brandenburg, The Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen

Princess Luise of Prussia, Princess Radziwiłł

Princess Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, The Queen of Sweden

Princess Marie of Prussia, The Queen of Bavaria

Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia, The Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

House of La Marck

Amalia of Cleves

Anne of Cleves, The Queen of England

Sybille of Cleves, The Electress of Saxony

House of Leiningen

Princess Feodora of Leiningen, The Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

House of Liechtenstein

Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein, Countess Esterházy de Galantha

House of Mecklenburg

Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Great Britain, Ireland & Hanover

Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg aka Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia

Friederike (Federica) of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Hanover

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Prussia

Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Princess of Thurn and Taxis

House of Northeim

Richenza of Northeim, Holy Roman Empress

House of Oldenburg

Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, German Empress

Princess Cecilie of Greece & Denmark, The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

House of Reuß

Princess Hermine Reuß of Greiz, “German Empress”

House of Thurn and Taxis

Princes Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, Duchess of Württemberg

House of Welf

Adelaide of Burgundy, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Italy

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, The Queen of the United Kingdom & Hanover

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, The Queen in & of Prussia

Princess Juliane of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, The Queen of Denmark and Norway

House of Wettin

Adelheid (Adelaide) of Saxe-Meiningen, The Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Empress

Princess Christina of Saxony, The Landgravine of Hesse

Princess Luise (Louise) of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, The Countess of Pölzig and Beiersdorf

House of Wied-Neuwied

Princess Elisabeth of Wied, The Queen & Princess of Romania

House of Wittelsbach

Princess Alexandra of Bavaria

Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empress

Elisabeth “Sisi” in Bavaria, The Empress of Austria

Elisabeth (Isabeau) of Bavaria, The Queen of France

Princess Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, The Queen of Prussia

Helene “Néné” in Bavaria, The Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis

Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, The Duchess in Bavaria

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Archduchess of Inner Austria-Styria

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Marie in Bavaria, The Queen of Two Sicilies

Baroness Marie Louise of Wallersee, Countess of Larisch

Mathilde in Bavaria, The Countess of Trani

Sophie in Bavaria, The Duchess of Alençon

Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria

House of Württemberg

Mary of Teck, The Queen of the United Kingdom & British Dominions, Empress of India

Princess Sophie of Württemberg, The Queen of the Netherlands

Minor Nobles

Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, The Imperial Countess of Cosel

Katharina von Bora, Mrs Martin Luther

Baroness Louise Lehzen

Baroness Marie “Mary” of Vetsera

Sophie Botta, The Dark Countess of Hildburghausen

Sophie of Pannwitz, Countess of Voß

Foreign Houses

House of Albret

Jeanne d’Albret, The Queen of Navarre, 1. The Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg and 2. The Duchess of Vendôme

House of Aviz

Infanta Eleonor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress

House of Bourbon

Princess Louise d’Orléans, Princess Alfons of Bavaria

Byzantine Imperial Family

Princess Eudokia Laskarina of Nicaea, The Hereditary Duchess of Austria

Irene of Byzantium, The Queen of the Germans, The Duchess of Swabia

Princess Theodora Angelina, The Duchess of Austria & Styria

Princess Theodora Komnene of Byzantium, The Duchess of Bavaria & Austria

Theophanu, Holy Roman Empress

House of Chotek

Countess Sophie Chotek of Chotkowa and Wognin, The Duchess of Hohenberg

House of Este

Maria Beatrice d’Este, The Duchess of Massa & Carrara, Archduchess of Austria

House of Jagiellon

Jadwiga (Hedwig) Jagiellon, The Electress of Brandenburg

House of Stuart

Elizabeth Stuart, The Queen of Bohemia & Electress Palatine

House of Trastámara

Queen Joanna “The Mad” of Castile, Léon & Aragon, The Duchess of Burgundy, Archduchess of Austria

House of Valois

Mary, The Duchess of Burgundy, Archduchess of Austria

Commoners

Fatima Kariman aka Maria Aurora (von) Spiegel

Helene Baltazzi, The Baroness of Vetsera

Louise Rump, Mrs Ebert

Margot Großmann, Mrs Sauerbruch

Maria Anna Mozart, The Imperial Baroness Berchthold

Maria “Mizzi” Kaspar

Ottilie Richter, Baroness of Faber

Sophie Scholl

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Master Post of German & Austrian Nobles and Royals

Royal and Noble Houses

House of Coburg (Cadet branch of the House of Wettin)

Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland, The Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Charlotte of Belgium, The Empress of Mexico

Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, (1st marriage)

Princess Mary of Teck, The Queen of the United Kingdom & British Dominions, The Empress of India

Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, The Crown Princess of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia

Princess Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess Royal

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (wife of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, The Princess of Leiningen, The Duchess of Kent

House of Habsburg

Anna Plochl, Countess of Meran

Princess Charlotte of Belgium, The Empress of Mexico, Archduchess of Austria

Infanta Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress, The Archduchess of Austria

Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empress

Elisabeth in Bavaria, The Empress of Austria

Princess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress

Queen Joanna of Castile, León and Aragon (Consort of Philip the Handsome, Archduke of Austria and The Duke of Burgundy)

Archduchess Johanna of Austria, The Grand Duchess of Tuscany

Kunigunde of Austria, The Duchess of Bavaria-Munich

Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Electress of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empress

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Princess of Lorraine and Bar

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Archduchess of Inner Austria-Styria

Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria, The Electress of Bavaria

Archduchess Maria Antonia “Marie Antoinette” of Austria, The Queen of France

Archduchess Maria Leopoldina, The Empress of Brazil, The Queen of Portugal and the Algarves

The Archduchess Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia) of Austria, Holy Roman Empress

Mary, The Duchess of Burgundy

Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria

Countess Sophie Chotek of Chotkowa and Wognin, The Duchess of Hohenberg

Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, The Crown Princess of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia

House of Hanover (cadet branch of the House of Welf)

Princess Adelaide (Adelheid) of Saxe-Meiningen, The Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover

Princess Caroline of Ansbach, The Queen of Great Britain

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, The Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover

Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover

Frederica (Friederike) of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Hanover, The Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale (3rd marriage)

Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, The Queen in Prussia

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, The Duchess of Kent (2nd marriage)

House of Hesse

Princess Alice of Great Britain and Ireland, The Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine aka Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia

House of Hohenzollern

Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, The German Empress

Princess Augusta Victoria (Auguste Viktoria) of Schleswig-Holstein, The German Empress 

Princess Caroline of Ansbach, The Queen of Great Britain

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, The Queen of Prussia

Princess Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, The Queen of Prussia

Frederica (Friederike) of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Princess Louis Charles of Prussia (1st marriage)

Princess Hermine Reuß, “German Empress”

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Prussia

Princess Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, The Queen of Sweden

Princess Marie of Prussia, The Queen of Bavaria

Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, The Queen in Prussia

Princess Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess Royal, The German Empress

Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia, The Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

House of Liechtenstein

Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein, Countess Esterházy

House of Mecklenburg

Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover

Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg aka Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia

Frederica (Friederike) of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Hanover

Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Queen of Prussia

Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Princess of Thurn and Taxis

House of Oldenburg

Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, The Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Augusta Victoria (Auguste Viktoria) of Schleswig-Holstein, The German Empress

Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine

Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, The Empress of Russia aka Catherine the Great

House of Romanov (incl. Romanov-Holstein-Gottrop)

Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine aka Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia

Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, The Empress Regnant of Russia aka Catherine the Great

House of Thurn and Taxis

Helene in Bavaria, The Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis

Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, The Duchess of Württemberg

Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, The Princess of Thurn and Taxis

House of Welf (without the British Hanover branch)

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Princess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern

Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg aka Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia

House of Wettin (without the Coburg branch)

Princess Adelaide (Adelheid) of Saxe-Meiningen, The Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover

Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Princess Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, The Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Sibylle of Cleves, The Electress of Saxony

House of Wittelsbach

Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empress

Elisabeth in Bavaria, The Empress of Austria

Elisabeth of Bavaria, The Queen of France

Princess Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, The Queen of Prussia

Helene in Bavaria, The Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis

Kunigunde of Austria, The Duchess of Bavaria-Munich

Princess Louise d’Orléans, Princess of Bavaria

Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, The Duchess in Bavaria

Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Electress of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empress

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Archduchess of Inner Austria-Styria

Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, The Queen of Saxony

Marie in Bavaria, The Queen of Two Sicilies

Princess Marie of Prussia, The Queen of Bavaria

Baroness Marie Louise of Wallersee, The Countess Larisch

Mathilde in Bavaria, The Countess of Trani

Sophie in Bavaria, The Duchess of Alençon

Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria

House of Württemberg

Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, The Duchess of Württemberg

Princess Mary of Teck, The Queen of the United Kingdom & British Dominions, The Empress of India

Princess Sophie of Württemberg, The Queen of the Netherlands

The Ottonians

Adelaide of Burgundy, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Italy

Theophanu, Holy Roman Empress

Other (Minor) Nobles and Royals

Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, Imperial Countess of Cosel

Anne of Cleves, The Queen of England

Dunkelgräfin [Dark Countess] aka Sophia Botta

Princess Feodora of Leininigen, The Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Helene Baltazzi, The Baroness of Vetsera

Katharina von Bora, Mrs Luther

Baroness Louise Lehzen

Maria Anna Mozart, Imperial Baroness (of) Berchthold

Baroness Marie “Mary” of Vetsera

Marie Karoline of Mollard, Imperial Countess of Fuchs to Bimbach

Baroness Ottilie of Faber aka Countess Ottilie of Faber-Castell

Ottilie Richter, Baroness of Faber

Richenza of Northeim

Tropes

German Empresses

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Augusta Victoria (Auguste Viktoria) of Schleswig-Holstein

Princess Hermine Reuß [Claimed titled without right]

Princess Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, Princess Royal 

Holy Roman Empresses

Adelaide of Burgundy, Queen of Italy

Infanta Eleanor of Portugal, The Archduchess of Austria

Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg

Princess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Elizabeth of Pomerania

The Archduchess Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia) of Austria

Richenza of Northeim

Theophanu

Ladies-in-waiting

Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein, Countess Esterházy

Mistresses

Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, Imperial Countess of Cosel

Fatima Kariman aka Maria Aurora (von) Spiegel

Maria “Mizzi” Kaspar

Baroness Marie “Mary” of Vetsera

Period Drama Fashion

see Master Post: Period Drama Fashion

Queen (Consorts) of England/The United Kingdom/Great Britain

Princess Adelaide (Adelheid) of Saxe-Meiningen

Anne of Cleves

Princess Caroline of Ansbach

Princess Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Princess Mary of Teck

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queens of the Iberian Peninsula

Queen Joanna of Castile, León and Aragon

Archduchess Maria Leopoldina, The Empress of Brazil, The Queen of Portugal and the Algarves

Siblings

The Children of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 

The Daughters of Caroline of Baden, The Queen of Bavaria 

The Daughters of Princess Ludovika of Bavaria

Significant Non-Nobles

Louise Ebert (née Rump)

Margot Sauerbruch (née Großmann)

Sophie Scholl